Given name & surname
Alston
“of the elf stone”
Alston is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “of the elf stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the elf stone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,600
- 2,578 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,617 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,617 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,096 as a first name in 2020; 28,708 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alston’s family of names
In English usage, Alston has a related form in Alton. Alston has a related form in Allston. Alston has a related form in Allstonn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Altonvariant · English
- Allstonvariant
- Alstanvariant
- Alstynvariant
- Alstunvariant
- Allstonnvariant
- Alstinvariant
- Alstenvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Alston
- Alston Scott HouseholderAmerican mathematician (1904-1993)
- Alston RyanAntigua and Barbuda boxerborn 1993
- Alston G. DaytonUnited States federal judge (1857-1920)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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