Aston

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aston: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aston: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #181 in 2010, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#181highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2006

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1958
1998	#1823
1999	#1805
2000	#1688
2001	#2226
2002	#2540
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#5061

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #747 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #181 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #747 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aston appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,186 births with the name.

Aston across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aston's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#406 (1996)	#181 (2010)	#747 (2024)	29 of 29	3,186 (1996–2024)	298 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1646 (1996)	#5061 (2006)	11 of 11	77 (1996–2006)	10 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#329 (2009)	#303 (2010)	#415 (2015)	5 of 7	18 (2009–2015)	5 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#548 (2012)	#605 (2013)	4 of 5	16 (2009–2013)	5 (2012)

Aston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aston in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	215	4 of 10	54
2000s	1,171	10 of 10	117
2010sbusiest	1,519	10 of 10	152
2020s	281	5 of 10	56

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 152 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 102, from 177 to 279.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aston appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #181 in England and Wales in 2010.

Aston's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#747	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#579	64	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#656	53	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#618	60	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#611	58	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#575	65	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#460	88	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#423	103	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#412	102	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#321	145	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#359	116	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#275	170	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#259	183	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#208	249	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#181	298	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#187	279	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#244	177	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#279	144	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#301	117	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#310	103	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#302	99	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#388	68	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#382	62	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#370	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#392	57	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#411	54	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#445	47	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#365	63	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#406	51	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #181, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 298 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kody · #181, 30y
Rudy · #181, 30y
Ally · #180, 30y
Ellie-Mae · #180, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kody · #181, 30y
Rudy · #181, 30y
Ally · #180, 30y
Balder · #182, 31y

Aston was ranked #181 in England and Wales · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aston and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aston without appearing here.

Aston moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #3970.
Glenn Compare
In 1998 they stood at #445 and #369 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #411 and #586.
Scott Compare
In 2019 they stood at #575 and #575 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #611 and #766.
Jon Compare
In 2003 they stood at #388 and #340 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #302 and #431.

Moved ahead of Aston

Diane Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2682 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2509.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1843.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.
Dylan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2682 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #3548.

Moved the opposite way to Aston

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aston

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aston went from #406 to #747 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #181 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aston

Aston at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aston across 4 official records

Aston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Aston at a glance

Aston across 4 official records

Aston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aston appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aston

Aston and the names beside it

Aston moved ahead of

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