# Easton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/easton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “east”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Easom |
| US babies named this | 80,441 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79,440 / 1,001 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 185, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 3,623 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,182 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,017 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,508 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,810 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,168 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,172 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,101 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,635 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3,080 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,552 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,592 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,802 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,969 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,762 | 103 |
| 2012 | 3,943 | 96 |
| 2013 | 4,649 | 88 |
| 2014 | 4,988 | 83 |
| 2015 | 5,230 | 78 |
| 2016 | 5,643 | 66 |
| 2017 | 5,520 | 66 |
| 2018 | 5,463 | 66 |
| 2019 | 4,897 | 74 |
| 2020 | 4,654 | 73 |
| 2021 | 4,625 | 72 |
| 2022 | 4,161 | 80 |
| 2023 | 3,647 | 98 |
| 2024 | 3,349 | 103 |
| 2025 | 3,198 | 110 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Easton

- Easton Corbin, American musician
- Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.