Aspen
Aspen is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the given name include:
Meaning & Origin of Aspen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aspen is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the given name include:
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The Story of Aspen
As a girl name
Aspen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1973, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 1,518 births, good for #195 nationwide. About 36% of every Aspen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aspen ranks #251 for girls with 1,259 births, gradually rising (+5%). All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Aspen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1990, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 244 births, good for #935 nationwide. About 47% of every Aspen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aspen ranks #935 for boys with 244 births, rising sharply (+39% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Aspen
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About the name Aspen
Aspen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Aspen's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #195. Use the chart and map above to compare Aspen'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 .
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