# Gaston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gaston/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡæstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,053 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,053 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,827 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,048 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,375 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,558 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,726 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,619 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,259 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,381 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,224 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,913 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,411 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,025 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,029 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,115 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,396 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Gaston

- Gaston Bachelard, French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)
- Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and statesman (1863–1937)
- Gaston Leroux, French author and journalist (1868–1927)
- Jean Gaston Darboux, French mathematician (1842–1917)
- Gaston Maspero, French egyptologist (1846–1916)
- Gastón Gaudio, Argentine tennis player
- Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French prince
- Gaston Eyskens, Belgian prime minister (1905-1988)
- Gaston Paris, French medievalist and writer (1839-1903)
- Gaston Julia, French mathematician
- Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock (1929–2023)
- Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver

## 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.