first name
GASTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,579 people named Gaston, 51.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28% as White and 17% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gaston peaked in 1918, when 83 babies got the name.
At least 4,053 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gaston by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,682. The largest share of babies named Gaston, 25.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gaston is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gaston has been most common in Louisiana (7×), North Carolina (6.4×), and Alabama (4.8×), and least common in Florida (0.84×).
1,140 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Gaston
2 other first names also have 3,579 people.
Either side of Gaston
Also a last name
As a last name, Gaston ranks #1,880 of 156,621, with 18,733 people. See Gaston as a last name
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