Given name & surname
Heston
“brushwood”
Heston is a masculine given name from Old English, meaning “brushwood.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,613
- 1,613 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 78 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #2,315 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 60 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,315 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 78 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,209 as a first name in 2020; 2,712 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.
Heston’s family of names
Heston may belong to the same name family as HESSTON. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Heston
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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“upper chamber, attic”
93% boys · 7% girls
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“stone”
>99% boys
Paxton
“from the peaceful town”
95% boys · 5% girls
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“son of Harry” · “the son of Harry”
>99% boys