Gaston — #4062 US boys' name
4,019 babies named Gaston in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
15% of everyone ever named Gaston was born in this single decade.
83 babies were named Gaston in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaston
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,019 babies named Gaston between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaston currently holds the #4062 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 83 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaston performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 620 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gaston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 299 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaston in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaston 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 4,019 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.
Gaston at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gaston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (1918)
- 83
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #4062 among boys.
4,019 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 83 births in a single year.
Gaston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 620 births that decade — 15% of Gaston's all-time total
Gaston decade highlights
- Peak decade 620 births
- Runner-up 434 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Gaston's strongest decade
620 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Gaston by state
Where Gaston concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 299 | 7.4% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 212 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 194 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 145 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 102 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 54 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 33 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 26 | 0.6% |
299 of 4,019 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.3% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gaston appears in 14 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, 1881–2024 (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.