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Aspen

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Aspen is ranked 265th among girls in 2024 (1,198 births). Its best rank was 195th, in 2022.

Rank in 2024
#265down 50 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,1980.07% of girls
Peak year
20221,518 births
Best rank
#195in 2022
Since 1973
26,289people given the name
Babies named Aspen, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

23,536 girls have been named Aspen in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,518 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 2,753 boys have also been given it, 10% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Aspen
1970s135
1980s467
1990s2,735
2000s4,888
2010s8,390
2020s6,921

In 2022, its biggest year

Aspen was the 195th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Aspen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.