Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Gaston

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gaston
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

68.7%

2024

All-time

4,019

Gaston has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 83 boys were named Gaston.

In 2024, only 26 boys were given the name.

Down 68.7% from its peak.

All told, about 4,019 Americans have been named Gaston and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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