Gaston
Gaston was given to 34 boys in 2025, #3,395 among boys’ names; 4,053 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,040 Americans named Gaston and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 23 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gaston by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gaston mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gaston is “a male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.”
/ˈɡæstən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gaston?
#3,395 among boys’ names, 2025
Gaston rose from #3,725 in 2015 to #3,395 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 15.1 to 19.9 per million.
83 babies in 1918, the peak
Gaston peaked in 1918, when 83 boys were given it, #686 among boys’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,395 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,112 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 15 | #6,024 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,022 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,407 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,909 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,220 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,377 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,255 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,618 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29 | #3,725 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,554 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,373 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,045 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,825 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,829 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,811 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,065 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,542 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,823 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,403 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,174 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,633 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,290 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,754 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,632 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,806 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,564 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,496 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,060 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,519 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 55 | #1,621 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,932 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,192 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,109 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,886 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,286 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,762 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,701 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,031 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 24 | #2,017 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,942 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 20 | #2,019 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,697 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,829 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,079 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,390 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,002 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,714 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,684 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,503 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,635 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,680 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,699 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,415 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,619 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,433 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,391 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,637 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,436 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,558 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,359 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,148 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,071 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,209 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,113 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,410 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,341 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,240 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,144 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,283 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,291 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,500 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 40 | #996 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 46 | #933 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 42 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,131 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,147 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 54 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 62 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 60 | #857 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 62 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 49 | #987 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 52 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 69 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 59 | #886 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 78 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 69 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 60 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 57 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 83 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 51 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 49 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 50 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 32 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 33 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 32 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 24 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 23 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 16 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 9 | #979 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 13 | #755 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 12 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 12 | #720 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 14 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 17 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 9 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 8 | #801 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 16 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 11 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 8 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 10 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 10 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 12 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 7 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 6 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 8 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 6 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 7 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 6 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 8 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 7 | #805 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 7 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 10 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 8 | #670 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gaston a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gaston has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 142 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gaston: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gaston, and how old are they?
2,040 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 4,053 Americans ever recorded as Gaston. The median Gaston alive today is 37 years old; half are between 23 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 3,579 people named Gaston (17 women and girls, 3,562 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,081 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 110 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 336 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 325 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 555 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 417 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gaston born?
The states with the most babies named Gaston are Texas, North Carolina and California, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 305 | #2,373 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 212 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| California | 199 | #2,587 | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 145 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Alabama | 102 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Mississippi | 54 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 19 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Gaston is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gaston is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gaston with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gaston
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gaston and names like it
- Compare Gaston and OranBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGaston peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gaston since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Gaston: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Gaston.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Gaston alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with GMost given first.