Chaston — #6922 US boys' name
582 babies named Chaston in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Chaston was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Chaston in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chaston
The Social Security Administration has registered 582 babies named Chaston between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chaston currently holds the #6922 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chaston performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Chaston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chaston in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chaston 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 582 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.
Chaston at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chaston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #6922 among boys.
582 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 23 births in a single year.
Chaston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 163 births that decade — 28% of Chaston's all-time total
Chaston decade highlights
- Peak decade 163 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chaston's strongest decade
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Chaston by state
Where Chaston concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 7.0% |
41 of 582 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.0% 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, 1975–2024 (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.