Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Gaston was most popular in 1918, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,449 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,053 people named Gaston.
Gaston first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 142 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,053 American births named Gaston between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,074 are estimated to be alive today.
34 American babies were named Gaston in 2025, ranking #7,270 that year.
Gaston is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 25 births a year, against 24 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +5% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gaston is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 4,053 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,074 Americans named Gaston are alive today — 51% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 23 and 60. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org