# Heston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/heston/  
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 | “brushwood”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɛstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,613 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,613 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English hǣs (“brushwood”) + tūn (“settlement”).

## 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 | 47 | 2,603 |
| 2012 | 49 | 2,533 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,312 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,216 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,394 |
| 2016 | 78 | 1,892 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,361 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,127 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,241 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,483 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,139 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,389 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,371 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,889 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,315 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 21 | 1,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Heston

- Heston Blumenthal, English chef

## 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.