Aston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AS-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #754 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,852 for boys
Aston is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “eastern settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 1,852nd for boys in the US (85 babies).
What does Aston mean?
English: place name and surname
“eastern settlement”
From the many English places called Aston, such as the Aston district of Birmingham.
Is Aston a girl's or a boy's name?
Aston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 85 boys in the US.
How popular is Aston in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #754among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Aston, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 624th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 319 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aston in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 735th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Aston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #754 |
| 2024 | 49 | #769 |
| 2023 | 66 | #618 |
| 2022 | 54 | #708 |
| 2021 | 64 | #640 |
| 2020 | 64 | #624 |
| 2019 | 67 | #613 |
| 2018 | 95 | #477 |
| 2017 | 109 | #439 |
| 2016 | 105 | #443 |
| 2015 | 164 | #323 |
| 2014 | 123 | #382 |
| 2013 | 179 | #286 |
| 2012 | 193 | #272 |
| 2011 | 266 | #218 |
| 2010 | 319 | #192 |
| 2009 | 303 | #196 |
| 2008 | 183 | #265 |
| 2007 | 144 | #306 |
| 2006 | 121 | #319 |
| 2005 | 104 | #340 |
| 2004 | 102 | #332 |
| 2003 | 69 | #419 |
| 2002 | 62 | #413 |
| 2001 | 65 | #406 |
| 2000 | 58 | #423 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 51 | #463 |
| 1997 | 63 | #403 |
| 1996 | 53 | #424 |
How popular is Aston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,852among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 85 boys in the US were named Aston, making it the 1,852nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 8 girls were also named Aston in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Aston than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Aston in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 boys in the US were given Aston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,518, up from #1,852 for this spelling alone.
- Aston 85
- Astin 11
Aston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #1,852 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,583 |
| 2023 | 141 | #1,340 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,372 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,347 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 178 | #1,092 |
| 2014 | 161 | #1,166 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 2012 | 156 | #1,167 |
| 2011 | 139 | #1,244 |
| 2010 | 82 | #1,793 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
Names like Aston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Mason Jaxon Grayson Ashton Jenson Harrison Marley Archer Austin Dawson Layton
Other spellings of Aston
Names related to Aston
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aston, updated 20 October 2026.