Gaston
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Gaston is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Gaston mean?
French
A male given name transferred from the surname or from French, of occasional usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gaston a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaston in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
Gaston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Gaston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Gaston, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
2025 had more boys named Gaston than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Gaston in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 55 | #1,615 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,107 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 |
| 1935 | 46 | #930 |
| 1934 | 42 | #982 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 |
| 1931 | 54 | #869 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1929 | 62 | #826 |
| 1928 | 60 | #854 |
| 1927 | 62 | #858 |
| 1926 | 49 | #980 |
| 1925 | 52 | #933 |
| 1924 | 69 | #814 |
| 1923 | 59 | #882 |
| 1922 | 78 | #748 |
| 1921 | 69 | #825 |
| 1920 | 60 | #887 |
| 1919 | 57 | #877 |
| 1918 | 83 | #684 |
| 1917 | 51 | #892 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 50 | #868 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 |
| 1913 | 33 | #835 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 24 | #624 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
Names like Gaston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Reuben George Arthur Archie Henry Leo Otis Charlie Albert Wilfred Ollie Louie
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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, “Gaston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaston, updated 20 October 2026.