Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maston isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 241
- 241 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,520 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,520 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 226 as a first name in 2020; 1,580 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.
Maston’s family of names
In English usage, Maston as a surname has a related form in Marston.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Maston, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mahlon
“one who is sick”
98% boys · 2% girls
Milton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys
Harmon
“a soldier”
91% boys · 9% girls
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Hilton
“a wealthy woman” · “from the town on the hill”
85% boys · 15% girls
Aldon
“an old friend” · “from the old town”
>99% boys
Elson
“from the nobleman's town”
>99% boys