Bastian Boy
How popular is Bastian?
#1,021 boy name in 2025
219 baby boys were named Bastian in the US in 2025, making it the 1021st most popular boy name.
Bastian popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,021 for boys (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 219 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,259 in 2015, #1,160 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (224 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,001 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bastian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bastian family of names ranked #880 for boys in 2025 (#846 the year before), with 249 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bastian | 219 | 88% |
| Bastion | 16 | 6% |
| Bastien | 14 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bastian is most popular
Babies named Bastian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (117 boys)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (136 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (123 boys)
Bastian by decade
Boy names about as popular as Bastian
Questions
- Is Bastian a boy or girl name?
- Bastian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bastian were boys.
- How popular is the name Bastian?
- 219 baby boys were named Bastian in the US in 2025, making it the 1021st most popular boy name.
- When was Bastian most popular?
- Bastian peaked in 2024, when 224 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,001 in 2024.
- How many people are named Bastian?
- 2,614 babies have been named Bastian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,597 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Bastian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bastian was most common in Florida, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.