Fun Facts About the Name Aston
- More than 3 thousand babies named Aston: U.S. records list 3,257 babies given the name Aston from 1880 through 2025. Even 217 girls received the name Aston - about 1 girl for every 14 boys.
What Does the Name Aston Mean?
Aston is an English name meaning "east settlement" or "east farm." It comes from the Old English elements ēast, meaning "east," and tūn, meaning "enclosure," "farmstead," or "village." The name reached use as a personal name through the English surname, which was itself taken from one of the several places in England called Aston.
Aston Name History & Origins
The first element of the place-name is the Old English ēast ("east"); the second is tūn, a common Old English word for a fenced settlement, farm, or village. A place called Ēasttūn would have been the eastern outlying settlement of a larger estate or parish, and the same descriptive pattern produced many English village names. In later spelling the first vowel was dropped and the ending was written -ton, giving the modern form Aston.
Numerous English places carry the name, among them Aston in Birmingham, Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire, Aston Cantlow in Warwickshire, and Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire. Surnames formed from such place-names were common in medieval England: a person recorded as "of Aston" and later simply "Aston" was usually identified by the village he came from or held land in. The surname is found across England from the Middle Ages onward.
Aston is not related to the similar-looking Ashton, which comes from Old English æsc ("ash tree") plus tūn. The two names share only their second element and their general shape.
Use of Aston as a given name follows the broader English habit of turning surnames into first names. It stays comparatively uncommon, though it has been helped by familiar public associations. The British car maker Aston Martin, founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, took its first word from the Aston Hill speed hill climb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. Aston Villa Football Club, formed in 1874, takes its name from the Aston district of Birmingham.
How Popular is the Name Aston?
Aston has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #1,092 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,058 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #12,280 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #9,052 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #10,486 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,037 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #11,214 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #8,659 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #12,640 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #16,193 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,241 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #16,859 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,143 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #15,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #9,805 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #14,407 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #15,307 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,374 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #9,102 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #13,745 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #13,648 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #11,887 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #11,645 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #9,768 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #10,476 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #7,411 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #9,653 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,400 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #10,561 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #10,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #7,529 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,852 | 85 | 0.0050% |
| 2024 | #1,575 | 109 | 0.0064% |
| 2023 | #1,340 | 141 | 0.0083% |
| 2022 | #1,469 | 123 | 0.0071% |
| 2021 | #1,372 | 134 | 0.0077% |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 121 | 0.0070% |
| 2019 | #1,346 | 133 | 0.0074% |
| 2018 | #1,375 | 128 | 0.0071% |
| 2017 | #1,275 | 142 | 0.0077% |
| 2016 | #1,184 | 160 | 0.0084% |
| 2015 | #1,092 | 178 | 0.0093% |
| 2014 | #1,166 | 161 | 0.0084% |
| 2013 | #1,219 | 147 | 0.0078% |
| 2012 | #1,168 | 156 | 0.0082% |
| 2011 | #1,244 | 139 | 0.0073% |
| 2010 | #1,795 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 2009 | #1,958 | 72 | 0.0036% |
| 2008 | #2,064 | 67 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #2,018 | 69 | 0.0033% |
| 2006 | #2,182 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,710 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 2004 | #2,602 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2003 | #3,124 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #2,509 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2001 | #3,418 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #4,074 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #3,850 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #3,300 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #4,075 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #4,197 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #4,531 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #2,559 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #2,704 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1992 | #2,415 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1991 | #2,052 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #3,177 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #2,477 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1988 | #2,517 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #2,956 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #2,788 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #3,818 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #3,119 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #4,157 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,505 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #6,350 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #4,529 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #4,442 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #5,906 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,773 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #4,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,235 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1930 | #3,310 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #4,245 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1924 | #4,392 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #4,275 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #4,336 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #3,941 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #2,639 | 9 | 0.0011% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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