Bastion — #4991 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bastion

The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Bastion between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bastion currently holds the #4991 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bastion performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bastion shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bastion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bastion 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 282 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.