Easton — #103 US boys' name
76,216 babies named Easton in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Easton was born in this single decade.
5,642 babies were named Easton in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Easton
The Social Security Administration has registered 76,216 babies named Easton between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Easton currently holds the #103 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 5,642 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Easton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 46,795 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Easton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,617 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Easton in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Easton 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 76,216 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.
Easton at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Easton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1907
- Peak year (2016)
- 5,642
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
Currently ranks #103 among boys.
76,216 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 5,642 births in a single year.
Easton popularity over time — girls
979 total births recorded since 1986 (Easton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Easton accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Easton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 46,795 births that decade — 61% of Easton's all-time total
Easton decade highlights
- Peak decade 46,795 births
- Runner-up 20,420 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Easton's strongest decade
46,795 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Easton by state
Where Easton concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,617 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 3,901 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 3,311 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 2,979 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 2,979 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 2,952 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 2,922 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 2,692 | 3.5% |
6,617 of 76,216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Easton appears in 51 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, 1907–2024 (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.