Straton
Straton is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Greek.
- Ancient Greek
Meaning & Origin of Straton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Straton is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
The Story of Straton
Straton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 6 births, good for #9,392 nationwide. About 45% of every Straton on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Straton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Straton
Straton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Straton's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #9,392. Use the chart and map above to compare Straton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.