Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gaston

#2,025 most common boys' name of all time · #4,851 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#2,025
Rank overall
#4,851 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
4,053
Since 2016
225
Peak year
1918 #690
Best rank
#545 1903
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gaston first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 34 34 #3,387
2024 — 26 26 #4,079
2023 — 15 15 #5,933
2022 — 27 27 #3,997
2021 — 23 23 #4,367
2020 — 19 19 #4,866
2019 — 18 18 #5,161
2018 — 9 9 #8,174
2017 — 24 24 #4,228
2016 — 30 30 #3,602
2015 — 29 29 #3,684
2014 — 16 16 #5,489
2013 — 22 22 #4,319
2012 — 25 25 #4,011
2011 — 27 27 #3,797
2010 — 15 15 #5,747
2009 — 20 20 #4,755
2008 — 25 25 #4,049
2007 — 21 21 #4,499
2006 — 26 26 #3,789
2005 — 29 29 #3,391
2004 — 31 31 #3,160
2003 — 38 38 #2,625
2002 — 27 27 #3,263
2001 — 22 22 #3,731
2000 — 25 25 #3,304
1999 — 33 33 #2,613
1998 — 29 29 #2,786
1997 — 31 31 #2,551
1996 — 31 31 #2,487
1995 — 40 40 #2,059
1994 — 30 30 #2,503
1993 — 55 55 #1,624
1992 — 42 42 #1,916
1991 — 43 43 #1,825
1990 — 63 63 #1,409
1989 — 33 33 #2,116
1988 — 38 38 #1,793
1987 — 55 55 #1,344
1986 — 36 36 #1,727
1985 — 30 30 #1,922
1984 — 24 24 #2,169
1983 — 25 25 #2,091
1982 — 16 16 #2,847
1981 — 22 22 #2,279
1980 — 17 17 #2,739
1979 — 17 17 #2,680
1978 — 21 21 #2,218
1977 — 24 24 #2,016
1976 — 24 24 #2,009
1975 — 30 30 #1,664
1974 — 25 25 #1,842
1973 — 24 24 #1,828
1972 — 29 29 #1,613
1971 — 22 22 #1,929
1970 — 20 20 #2,000
1969 — 24 24 #1,691
1968 — 27 27 #1,517
1967 — 19 19 #1,817
1966 — 15 15 #2,061
1965 — 31 31 #1,388
1964 — 17 17 #1,989
1963 — 22 22 #1,705
1962 — 23 23 #1,679
1961 — 29 29 #1,503
1960 — 25 25 #1,630
1959 — 23 23 #1,673
1958 — 22 22 #1,687
1957 — 31 31 #1,421
1956 — 24 24 #1,617
1955 — 29 29 #1,430
1954 — 30 30 #1,390
1953 — 33 33 #1,314
1952 — 22 22 #1,626
1951 — 27 27 #1,437
1950 — 23 23 #1,540
1949 — 29 29 #1,355
1948 — 39 39 #1,148
1947 — 46 46 #1,068
1946 — 27 27 #1,359
1945 — 30 30 #1,211
1944 — 36 36 #1,114
1943 — 25 25 #1,406
1942 — 27 27 #1,342
1941 — 29 29 #1,240
1940 — 34 34 #1,147
1939 — 27 27 #1,280
1938 — 27 27 #1,288
1937 — 21 21 #1,498
1936 — 40 40 #997
1935 — 46 46 #934
1934 — 42 42 #989
1933 — 34 34 #1,129
1932 — 35 35 #1,146
1931 — 54 54 #873
1930 — 46 46 #1,011
1929 — 62 62 #833
1928 — 60 60 #860
1927 — 62 62 #861
1926 — 49 49 #984
1925 — 52 52 #936
1924 — 69 69 #814
1923 — 59 59 #888
1922 — 78 78 #751
1921 — 69 69 #829
1920 — 60 60 #892
1919 — 57 57 #881
1918 — 83 83 #690
1917 — 51 51 #894
1916 — 49 49 #901
1915 — 50 50 #870
1914 — 32 32 #993
1913 — 33 33 #843
1912 — 32 32 #776
1911 — 24 24 #639
1910 — 23 23 #615
1909 — 16 16 #703
1908 — 9 9 #980
1907 — 13 13 #762
1906 — 12 12 #743
1905 — 12 12 #729
1904 — 14 14 #633
1903 — 17 17 #545
1902 — 9 9 #837
1901 — 8 8 #821
1900 — 16 16 #642
1899 — 11 11 #654
1898 — 8 8 #855
1897 — 10 10 #716
1896 — 10 10 #760
1895 — 12 12 #637
1894 — 7 7 #905
1893 — 6 6 #972
1892 — 8 8 #832
1891 — 6 6 #913
1888 — 7 7 #877
1886 — 6 6 #910
1885 — 8 8 #752
1884 — 7 7 #818
1883 — 7 7 #778
1882 — 10 10 #647
1881 — 8 8 #699