Gaston
About Gaston
Depending on your cultural references, you may think of Phantom of the Opera author Gaston Leroux, or the macho villain of Beauty and the Beast. While he's hardly a role model (unless you too use antlers in all of your decorating), his name was likely chosen because it's a classic in France. It's been used there since the middle ages, partly in honor of the Frankish bishop St Gaston. It went out of style in France mid-century, but now it's having a revival, entering the Top 300 in 2017.
As of October 2026, Gaston ranked #3396 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #534 in 1903.
Editor's take: The name Gaston is a boy's name of French origin meaning "the foreigner, the guest".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,724 | 29 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | #3,617 | 30 | 15.8 |
| 2017 | #4,258 | 24 | 13 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,909 | 19 | 11 |
| 2021 | #4,411 | 23 | 13.1 |
| 2022 | #4,022 | 27 | 15.5 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,101 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 2025 | #3,396 | 34 | 19.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Gastons
- Gaston Jean Baptiste
Duke of Orleans, younger brother of King Louis XIII of France
- (Pierre
Paul,Henri,) Gaston Doumergue, 13th president of France
- Gaston Egmond Thorn
20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- Gaston Bachelard
French philosopher
- Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux
French novelist
- Gaston Chevrolet
French,American racing driver and automaker
- Gaston Flosse
president of French Polynesia and French Senator
- Gaston Alfred Green III
American NFL football player
- Gaston Franco
French MEP
- Djimon Gaston Hounsou
Beninese actor
- Gaston Anthony Richmond (b. 1982)
son of American actress Jaclyn Smith
- Dashiell Gaston Hawkins (b. 2008)
son of singer Sophie B. Hawkins
- Gaston Louis Antoine Marie (b. 2009)
Prince of Orleans; son of Prince Jean, Duke of Vendome; in line to the defunct French throne
Gaston in pop culture
- Gaston
character in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
- Gaston
ladybeetle on animated series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"
- Gaston Goody
mayor from British TV show "Captain Mack"
- Gaston Lachaille
character in the play and movie "Gigi'
- Gaston
a rabbit villager from “Animal Crossing”