Aston

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning east settlement or eastern town.

Babies a year
47
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#735
47 babies

Aston by the numbers

In 2025, 47 babies in England and Wales were named Aston. In the US, 147 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 178 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
  • Axtonstone of the sword-maker; place name used as given name414 in the US (2017)
  • Antonworthy of praise; flourishing203 in the US (2017)
  • Altonold town or settlement133 in the US (2017)
  • Alstonnoble stone settlement70 in the US (2017)
  • Austonmajestic stone; a form of Austin39 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aston

Names that are said the same way as Aston, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Austingreat; venerable; a form of augustus5,161 in the US (2017)
  • Austenmajestic; dignified; a form of Augustine160 in the US (2017)
  • Astin7 in the US (2017)
  • Ayston5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aston

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