Assunta
Assunta is an Italian feminine given name meaning "assumption". It and another variant, Maria Assunta was originated from the Assumption of Mary, one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Assunta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Assunta is an Italian feminine given name meaning "assumption". It and another variant, Maria Assunta was originated from the Assumption of Mary, one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Assunta
The earliest SSA record of Assunta as a baby girl name dates back to 1895, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 52 newborns named Assunta — #949 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Assunta on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Assunta last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Assunta
Assunta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1895 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Assunta's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #949. Use the chart and map above to compare Assunta'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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