East
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EEST
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
East is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “east”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does East mean?
English: English word
“east”
Is East a girl's or a boy's name?
East 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 East in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named East, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named East in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
East in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like East
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emmett West Coast August Saint Everett Ford Fletcher Ellis King Otto Hayes
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “East: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/east, updated 20 October 2026.