How Many People Are Named Gaston?
people named Gaston are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 165,995 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,053 babies named Gaston in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly from a Germanic name derived from the element gast meaning "stranger, guest". This is the usual French name for Saint Vedastus, called Vaast in Flemish, and alternatively the name may be connected to it. The name was also borne by several counts of Foix-Béarn, beginning in the 13th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gaston in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaston alive today is about 40 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaston first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1918, to 83 babies. In 2025, 34 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gaston has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #534, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #3,395.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,395 |
| Best rank | #534 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #859 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaston were born in California than in any other state: about 187 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaston was given 6.9 times as often in Louisiana, 6.1 times in North Carolina and 4.2 times in Alabama.
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