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Gaston: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 34 in 2025. Its best rank was #534 in 1903.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #534 in 1903; #3,396 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gaston in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,396 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1903, at #534.
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Gaston: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 34 boys in 2025. Peak: #534 in 1903 · most boys in one year: 83 (1918).
In 2025, 34 US boys were named Gaston, making it the 3,396th most common boys’ name of the year, up 719 places from #4,115 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 26 boys named Gaston in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #534, reached in 1903. The most boys given the name in a single year was 83, in 1918. For comparison, it was #3,726 in 2015 and #1,559 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gaston in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 8 babies. In all, 4,053 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 620 babies named Gaston.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 225 US boys were named Gaston; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 34. In 2025 that was about 1 in 50,238 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 34 | #3,396 |
| 2024 | — | — | 26 | #4,115 |
| 2023 | — | — | 15 | #6,029 |
| 2022 | — | — | 27 | #4,025 |
| 2021 | — | — | 23 | #4,411 |
| 2020 | — | — | 19 | #4,913 |
| 2019 | — | — | 18 | #5,224 |
| 2018 | — | — | 9 | #8,381 |
| 2017 | — | — | 24 | #4,259 |
| 2016 | — | — | 30 | #3,619 |
| 2015 | — | — | 29 | #3,726 |
| 2014 | — | — | 16 | #5,558 |
| 2013 | — | — | 22 | #4,375 |
| 2012 | — | — | 25 | #4,048 |
| 2011 | — | — | 27 | #3,827 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,833 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,813 |
| 2008 | — | — | 25 | #4,068 |
| 2007 | — | — | 21 | #4,544 |
| 2006 | — | — | 26 | #3,825 |
| 2005 | — | — | 29 | #3,407 |
| 2004 | — | — | 31 | #3,178 |
| 2003 | — | — | 38 | #2,637 |
| 2002 | — | — | 27 | #3,294 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,759 |
| 2000 | — | — | 25 | #3,349 |
| 1999 | — | — | 33 | #2,636 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,809 |
| 1997 | — | — | 31 | #2,568 |
| 1996 | — | — | 31 | #2,501 |
| 1995 | — | — | 40 | #2,065 |
| 1994 | — | — | 30 | #2,524 |
| 1993 | — | — | 55 | #1,626 |
| 1992 | — | — | 42 | #1,934 |
| 1991 | — | — | 43 | #1,845 |
| 1990 | — | — | 63 | #1,413 |
| 1989 | — | — | 33 | #2,123 |
| 1988 | — | — | 38 | #1,796 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,346 |
| 1986 | — | — | 36 | #1,740 |
| 1985 | — | — | 30 | #1,933 |
| 1984 | — | — | 24 | #2,193 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1982 | — | — | 16 | #2,887 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,287 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,763 |
| 1979 | — | — | 17 | #2,702 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,234 |
| 1977 | — | — | 24 | #2,031 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,018 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,675 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,853 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,841 |
| 1972 | — | — | 29 | #1,614 |
| 1971 | — | — | 22 | #1,943 |
| 1970 | — | — | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,698 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,524 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,830 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,080 |
| 1965 | — | — | 31 | #1,391 |
| 1964 | — | — | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1963 | — | — | 22 | #1,715 |
| 1962 | — | — | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1961 | — | — | 29 | #1,504 |
| 1960 | — | — | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1959 | — | — | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,700 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,416 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,620 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1954 | — | — | 30 | #1,392 |
| 1953 | — | — | 33 | #1,316 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1951 | — | — | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1950 | — | — | 23 | #1,559 |
| 1949 | — | — | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1948 | — | — | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1947 | — | — | 46 | #1,072 |
| 1946 | — | — | 27 | #1,365 |
| 1945 | — | — | 30 | #1,210 |
| 1944 | — | — | 36 | #1,113 |
| 1943 | — | — | 25 | #1,411 |
| 1942 | — | — | 27 | #1,341 |
| 1941 | — | — | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1940 | — | — | 34 | #1,144 |
| 1939 | — | — | 27 | #1,283 |
| 1938 | — | — | 27 | #1,291 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,500 |
| 1936 | — | — | 40 | #996 |
| 1935 | — | — | 46 | #933 |
| 1934 | — | — | 42 | #995 |
| 1933 | — | — | 34 | #1,131 |
| 1932 | — | — | 35 | #1,147 |
| 1931 | — | — | 54 | #869 |
| 1930 | — | — | 46 | #1,011 |
| 1929 | — | — | 62 | #828 |
| 1928 | — | — | 60 | #857 |
| 1927 | — | — | 62 | #860 |
| 1926 | — | — | 49 | #987 |
| 1925 | — | — | 52 | #937 |
| 1924 | — | — | 69 | #815 |
| 1923 | — | — | 59 | #886 |
| 1922 | — | — | 78 | #748 |
| 1921 | — | — | 69 | #829 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #889 |
| 1919 | — | — | 57 | #884 |
| 1918 | — | — | 83 | #686 |
| 1917 | — | — | 51 | #894 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #902 |
| 1915 | — | — | 50 | #870 |
| 1914 | — | — | 32 | #990 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #842 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #771 |
| 1911 | — | — | 24 | #631 |
| 1910 | — | — | 23 | #607 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #696 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #979 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #755 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #724 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #720 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #626 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #534 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #817 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #635 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #634 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #832 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #700 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #746 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #618 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #897 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #952 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #823 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #887 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #861 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #891 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #728 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #805 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #756 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #621 |
| 1881 | — | — | 8 | #670 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).