Easton
Easton was the 110th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 3,198 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 66th with 5,643 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Easton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning east farmstead (place name) · Old English
Say it EE-stuhn /ˈistən/
- Rank in 2025
- #110 boys, down 37 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 3,198boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20165,643 babies
- Total since 1880
- 80,441babies recorded
What does the name Easton mean?
Easton is a common English place name that joins Old English east, 'east', with tun, 'farmstead, settlement'; it meant the eastern farm or village of an area, and Aston is the same name in another form. It became a surname for people from one of these places, and many American towns are named Easton. As a boy's first name it is a recent American transfer, part of the same trend as Weston and Colton.
ēast (Old English, “east”)tūn (Old English, “farmstead, settlement”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Eastyn, Aston, Weston.
See also: English names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Easton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry '-ton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Aston', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Easton popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 1,001 since 1986, 20 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #110 | 3,198 |
| 2020 | #73 | 4,654 |
| 2010 | #145 | 2,710 |
| 2000 | #581 | 344 |
| 1990 | #1,472 | 59 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,592 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,154 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,021 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Easton, counting every spelling?
Easton is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #119 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #110 for Easton on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,228 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | 3,198 | #110 | 18,980 |
| Easten | 24 | #4,285 | 122 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Easton?
3,198 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Easton (0.89 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Easton born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 3 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Easton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Easton?
About 78,600 people born in the US named Easton are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 13. That makes Easton a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Easton by state
How common Easton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (3.3×), Vermont (3.2×), North Dakota (3.1×), Wyoming (2.9×), Maine (2.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in District of Columbia, New Jersey, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Easton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Easton, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Easton · Sibling names for Easton
Questions about the name Easton
What does Easton mean?
Easton means “east farmstead (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Easton?
Easton was the 110th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 3,198 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 66th with 5,643 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Easton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Easton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Easton in the US.
Where is Easton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Easton was most common in West Virginia (7.26 per 1,000 boys), followed by Vermont and North Dakota.