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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Gaston

Gender

Male

Origin

French
From Gascony, France

Pronunciation

g(a)-ston, gas-ton

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1918 (rank #684, 83 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3379, 34 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202534
202426
202315
202227
202123
202019
201918
20189
201724
201630

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #3475, 5 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4782, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
2018–
20173
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1920 (rank #24, 3,156 births); most recent 2023 (rank #205, 294 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1926 (rank #683, 8 births); most recent 1950 (rank #1296, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023294–
2022341–
2021313–
2020266–
2019239–
2018221–
2017227–
2016199–
2015168–
2014138–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence