Aston — #1578 US boys' name
2,955 babies named Aston in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Aston was born in this single decade.
178 babies were named Aston in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aston
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,955 babies named Aston between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aston currently holds the #1578 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 178 babies received it in a single year. Aston is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 209 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Aston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aston in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aston in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,955 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aston at a glance
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Current rank
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Aston popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2015)
- 178
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #1578 among boys.
2,955 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 178 births in a single year.
Aston popularity over time — girls
209 total births recorded since 1982 (Aston as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Aston accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,426 births that decade — 48% of Aston's all-time total
Aston decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,426 births
- Runner-up 628 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aston's strongest decade
1,426 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Aston by state
Where Aston concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 322 | 10.9% |
| #2 | California | | 304 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 171 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 169 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 105 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 45 | 1.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 32 | 1.1% |
322 of 2,955 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.9% of nationwide
- California 10.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aston appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.