Gaston
#3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,053since 1881
Gaston over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gaston has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #2,608 | 33 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #1,620 | 55 |
| 1992 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,409 | 63 |
| 1989 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,496 | 29 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,411 | 31 |
| 1956 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,064 | 46 |
| 1946 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,272 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #930 | 46 |
| 1934 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,141 | 35 |
| 1931 | #869 | 54 |
| 1930 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | #826 | 62 |
| 1928 | #854 | 60 |
| 1927 | #858 | 62 |
| 1926 | #980 | 49 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #814 | 69 |
| 1923 | #882 | 59 |
| 1922 | #748 | 78 |
| 1921 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | #887 | 60 |
| 1919 | #877 | 57 |
| 1918 | #684 | 83 |
| 1917 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #624 | 24 |
| 1910 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #612 | 14 |
| 1903 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Gaston! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 693 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #3,379)
- 1,476 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #3,379)
- 305 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1903 (#794 → #527)
- Biggest drop: 492 spots in 1937 (#989 → #1,481)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1903 at #527 (17 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1891–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,014
- Highest: 1 in 7,014 boys born in 1903 were named Gaston (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.3% of all boys named Gaston (620) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #611 (1882) | #730 |
| 1890s | 78 | #609 (1895) | #758 |
| 1900s | 126 | #527 (1903) | #710 |
| 1910s | 434 | #598 (1910) | #802 |
| 1920s | 620 | #748 (1922) | #861 |
| 1930s | 372 | #869 (1931) | #1,107 |
| 1940s | 322 | #1,064 (1947) | #1,232 |
| 1950s | 264 | #1,304 (1953) | #1,505 |
| 1960s | 232 | #1,386 (1965) | #1,688 |
| 1970s | 236 | #1,603 (1972) | #1,970 |
| 1980s | 296 | #1,337 (1987) | #2,095 |
| 1990s | 397 | #1,409 (1990) | #2,174 |
| 2000s | 264 | #2,620 (2003) | #3,651 |
| 2010s | 215 | #3,596 (2016) | #4,815 |
| 2020s | 144 | #3,379 (2025) | #4,432 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gaston in 1888
boys
#815
7 births · 1 in 17,265 boys
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 17,265 of them was named Gaston, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).