Easton

What Easton means

Means “east + settlement”

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Easton” (revision 93422377), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Easton?

US: Falling: down from #78 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1786 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 5,463 boys got the name (#66 that year). First in the US records in 1907.

How common

• About 1 in 534 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (9.9 per 1,000 boys), WV (7.47 per 1,000 boys), ME (6.24 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Easton is #110 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.4% of US babies named Easton were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eastyn65 US
• Easten24 US
• Eastin20 US
• Eastynn6 US
• Eastan6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Easton

Boys

• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Easton’s. Rank is US 2025.