Ascension
Ascension is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Ascension
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ascension is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Ascension
As a girl name
American parents first put Ascension on the record books as a girl name in 1918, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 11 Ascensions were born — ranking #2,690 that year. About 38% of every Ascension on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ascension last appeared in the published SSA data in 1943, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ascension on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 9 Ascensions were born — ranking #3,023 that year. About 23% of every Ascension on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Ascension last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 92 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Ascension
Phonetically similar names — useful when Ascension is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Asuncion
- Ascensions
- Assession
- Attention
- Dissension
- Assignation
- Descension
- Incension
- Assentient
- Accension
- Recension
- Assumption
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Ascension
Ascension is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 92 births in the dataset. Ascension's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #3,023. Use the chart and map above to compare Ascension's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.