Aster
Aster is unisex given name and a surname. It may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Aster
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aster is unisex given name and a surname. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Aster
As a girl name
Aster first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 72 births, good for #2,488 nationwide. About 52% of every Aster on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aster ranks #2,739 for girls with 62 births, rising sharply (+40% over the past five years). All told, over 817 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Aster on the record books as a boy name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 54 Asters were born — ranking #2,504 that year. About 63% of every Aster on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aster ranks #2,504 for boys with 54 births, rising sharply (+270% over the past five years). All told, over 416 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aster
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aster. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Aster
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About the name Aster
Aster is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 817 births in the dataset. Aster's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #2,488. Use the chart and map above to compare Aster'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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