Aston
Masculine · “eastern settlement”
Aston is given to both — 3,040 boys and 217 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Aston is the east settlement — a place name so common in England that dozens of villages carry it, from the Old English east and tun.
How old is the name Aston?
Aston first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Aston is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,000 people named Aston are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aston most popular?
Aston peaked in 2015, reaching #1092 nationally. Today it ranks #1852, 760 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From east tun to Aston
The story of Aston
Aston villages are everywhere in England, and Aston in Birmingham gave its name to a university and a football club. The surname came from the places. Aston Martin was founded in 1913 and named partly for a hill climb at Aston Clinton. The given name rose in Britain from the 2000s and is in current American use.
Meaning
eastern settlement
From the Old English east and tun, 'settlement' — the farm to the east of somewhere else. It is among the commonest English place names, appearing in a dozen counties. Both elements are ordinary and the compound is transparent and undisputed.
How the name formed
- east tun
- Aston
Related forms: Astyn · Easton
Pronouncing Aston
AS-tun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Said identically in every English accent.
Nicknames for Aston
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most boys named
- 2015178 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1092reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −22.0%85 in 2025, from 109
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aston in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Astyn in English — spelling variant
- Easton in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Astons among us
people named Aston are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was named Aston
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wilburt test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aston's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wilburt climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wilburt's path sketches the road Aston is walking now.
Aston sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aston is headed
Aston should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aston beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aston in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is concrete and belongs to one of the largest families of English place names.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Ash is available as a short form with a substantial record.
- The car marque is a strong association.
- Easton is the same construction and is far commoner in America.
- It reads as a surname before it reads as a given name.
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Masculine · #1852 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Astons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Aston are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aston in 2025?
- Aston ranks #1852 among US boy names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aston?
- About 1 in every 20,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Aston — 85 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aston with classmates?
- Aston will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aston
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