Bastien — #5161 US boys' name
287 babies named Bastien in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Bastien was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Bastien in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bastien
The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Bastien between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bastien currently holds the #5161 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bastien performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bastien shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bastien in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bastien 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 287 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.
Bastien at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bastien popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #5161 among boys.
287 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 26 births in a single year.
Bastien by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 138 births that decade — 48% of Bastien's all-time total
Bastien decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Bastien's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Bastien by state
Where Bastien concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 287 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.