Stone

What Stone means

From the word “stone”

From stone

Source: Wiktionary, “Stone” (revision 94543742), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Stone?

US: Rising: up from #1185 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 258 boys got the name (#915 that year). First in the US records in 1919.

How common

• About 1 in 6,620 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.81 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.44 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Stone is #915 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.8% of US babies named Stone were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Stan7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Stone

Boys

• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Lane#250Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US
• Cade#248“lump, swelling”^*
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*
• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Autumn#88Editor’s note Down from #69 in 2015 to #88 in 2025 in the US
• Jade#95Editor’s note Up from #126 in 2015 to #95 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 600 US girls in the 2025 records
• Aaliyah#101Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 18 babies
• Aliyah#263“ascent”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Stone’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.