Astor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AS-ter
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Astor is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “hawk”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Astor mean?
Latin: surname from Occitan astur 'goshawk', from Latin
“hawk”
Made famous by the Astor family, whose fortune began with fur trader John Jacob Astor.
Is Astor a girl's or a boy's name?
Astor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Astor in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Astor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Astor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Astor, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Astor in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Astor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
- Aster 43
- Astor 19
Astor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Astor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arthur, Leo, Albie, Archie, Arlo, Felix, August, Jasper, Archer, Ollie, Theo, Oliver
Other spellings of Astor
Names related to Astor
More Latin names
Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Astor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/astor, updated 20 October 2026.