Bastien
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Bastien is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Bastien mean?
Greek: spelling of Bastian
A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian, from Ancient Greek.
Meaning borrowed from Bastian. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bastien a girl's or a boy's name?
Bastien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bastien in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Bastien in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Bastien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Bastien, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Bastien in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 249 boys in the US were given Bastien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #867, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Bastien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Bastien
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo, Hudson, Atlas, Albie, Jaxon, Jenson, Grayson, Luca, Enzo, Oakley, Rowan, Nico
Other spellings of Bastien
Names related to Bastien
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Bastien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bastien, updated 20 October 2026.