Easton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EES-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #110 for boys
Easton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “eastern settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 110th for boys in the US (3,198 babies).
What does Easton mean?
English: English place name, from Old English east and tun
“eastern settlement”
From any of the many English villages called Easton.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Easton a girl's or a boy's name?
Easton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 20 girls and 3,198 boys in the US.
How popular is Easton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Easton, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Easton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Easton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Easton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 110th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,198 about 1 in 530 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.6% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,198 boys in the US were named Easton, making it the 110th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 73rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5,643 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907. 20 girls were also named Easton in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Easton than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Easton in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Easton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,198 | #110 |
| 2024 | 3,349 | #103 |
| 2023 | 3,647 | #98 |
| 2022 | 4,161 | #80 |
| 2021 | 4,625 | #72 |
| 2020 | 4,654 | #73 |
| 2019 | 4,897 | #74 |
| 2018 | 5,463 | #66 |
| 2017 | 5,520 | #66 |
| 2016 | 5,643 | #66 |
| 2015 | 5,230 | #78 |
| 2014 | 4,988 | #83 |
| 2013 | 4,649 | #88 |
| 2012 | 3,943 | #96 |
| 2011 | 3,762 | #103 |
| 2010 | 2,710 | #145 |
| 2009 | 1,369 | #254 |
| 2008 | 1,105 | #300 |
| 2007 | 904 | #352 |
| 2006 | 844 | #357 |
| 2005 | 735 | #390 |
| 2004 | 619 | #420 |
| 2003 | 504 | #490 |
| 2002 | 413 | #540 |
| 2001 | 355 | #578 |
| 2000 | 344 | #580 |
| 1999 | 269 | #643 |
| 1998 | 254 | #670 |
| 1997 | 194 | #765 |
| 1996 | 168 | #839 |
| 1995 | 144 | #918 |
| 1994 | 120 | #1,009 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,223 |
| 1992 | 59 | #1,505 |
| 1991 | 54 | #1,567 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Names like Easton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Grayson, Jaxon, Mason, Enzo, Jenson, Marley, Hunter, Harrison, Cooper, Oakley, Carter
Other spellings of Easton
Names related to Easton
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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, “Easton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/easton, updated 20 October 2026.