Asbury
- Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 579since 1880
Asbury over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Asbury has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
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| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
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| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | #533 | 11 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Asbury was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Asbury is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Asbury in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1901
- Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1900
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #533 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,158
- Highest: 1 in 9,158 boys born in 1881 were named Asbury (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 26.4% of all boys named Asbury (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | #533 (1881) | #708 |
| 1890s | 40 | #786 (1899) | #904 |
| 1900s | 40 | #943 (1901) | #1,154 |
| 1910s | 110 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,980 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,720 (1926) | #2,134 |
| 1930s | 68 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,714 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,333 (1941) | #2,862 |
| 1950s | 26 | #3,024 (1957) | #3,369 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,998 |
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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