Fun Facts About the Name Staton
- 116 babies named Staton: U.S. records list 116 babies given the name Staton from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Staton Mean?
Staton is an English family name, used mainly as a surname and only occasionally as a given name. It is generally explained as a variant spelling of Stanton, a surname taken from one of the many English villages of that name. The place name is formed from Old English stān, "stone," and tūn, "enclosure, farmstead, or village," so its literal sense is "stone farmstead" or "settlement on stony ground." Because several different villages carried the name Stanton, the surname arose independently in more than one area, and the exact village behind a particular family is usually uncertain. A similar spelling, Staunton, is built from the same two Old English elements but refers to a separate set of places.
Staton Name History & Origins
Staton belongs to the large group of English surnames taken from place names. Villages named Stanton are found in various parts of England, and several of them appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the Middle Ages, people who left the village they were named for often kept its name as a fixed family surname, and in this way Stanton and its variant forms, including Staton, spread through England and later to North America. The spelling Staton is one of several recorded forms of the name, appearing alongside Stanton and Staunton.
As a first name, Staton is uncommon and appears chiefly in English-speaking countries, following the broader pattern in which surnames are adopted as given names.
How Popular is the Name Staton?
Staton has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #3,921 in 1971.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,161 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,075 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #13,778 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #10,591 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #11,890 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,791 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #7,742 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #10,377 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #10,339 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,740 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #10,053 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,519 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,294 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #9,324 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #9,061 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1987 | #7,990 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #3,921 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #4,865 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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