Meaning and history
Gastón is possibly derived from a Germanic name based on the element gast, meaning “guest” or “stranger.” It is the usual French form of the name of Saint Vedastus, known as Vaast in Flemish, and it was also borne by several counts of Foix-Béarn beginning in the 13th century.
20062006: 26 births, rank #3,782
2007: 21 births, rank #4,493
2008: 25 births, rank #4,044
2009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 15 births, rank #5,741
20112011: 27 births, rank #3,792
2012: 25 births, rank #4,003
2013: 22 births, rank #4,313
2014: 16 births, rank #5,485
2015: 29 births, rank #3,684
20162016: 30 births, rank #3,596
2017: 24 births, rank #4,224
2018: 9 births, rank #8,154
2019: 18 births, rank #5,153
2020: 19 births, rank #4,855
20212021: 23 births, rank #4,362
2022: 27 births, rank #3,995
2023: 15 births, rank #5,927
2024: 26 births, rank #4,072
20252025: 34 births, rank #3,379
Gaston moved from #933 to #996 for boys between 1935 and 1936. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 83 births.