Aspen
- #266 for girls in 2025, 1,179 births
- #920 for boys in 2025, 256 births
- Given to girls 89.1% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 1,518 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,726since 1973
Aspen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #266 | 1,179 | #920 | 256 |
| 2024 | #265 | 1,205 | #969 | 233 |
| 2023 | #215 | 1,394 | #1,034 | 211 |
| 2022 | #196 | 1,518 | #1,025 | 216 |
| 2021 | #200 | 1,502 | #1,060 | 202 |
| 2020 | #224 | 1,310 | #1,149 | 169 |
| 2019 | #252 | 1,285 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #269 | 1,229 | #1,160 | 165 |
| 2017 | #329 | 999 | #1,402 | 125 |
| 2016 | #361 | 906 | #1,641 | 97 |
| 2015 | #372 | 879 | #1,740 | 88 |
| 2014 | #395 | 825 | #1,627 | 95 |
| 2013 | #488 | 618 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #506 | 603 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #520 | 561 | #2,261 | 57 |
| 2010 | #600 | 488 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #590 | 511 | #2,348 | 55 |
| 2008 | #701 | 430 | #2,515 | 50 |
| 2007 | #608 | 494 | #2,504 | 50 |
| 2006 | #573 | 511 | #2,375 | 52 |
| 2005 | #547 | 525 | #2,467 | 46 |
| 2004 | #550 | 517 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #562 | 494 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #557 | 483 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #557 | 468 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #570 | 455 | #2,196 | 45 |
| 1999 | #535 | 473 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #591 | 409 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #587 | 396 | #2,024 | 44 |
| 1996 | #629 | 357 | #2,183 | 38 |
| 1995 | #662 | 322 | #1,758 | 50 |
| 1994 | #708 | 294 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #989 | 187 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #1,312 | 128 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #2,011 | 67 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five girls were named Aspen! It came in at #6,080, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Aspen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Idaho#50 · 1 in 217
- Alaska#60 · 1 in 184
- Arkansas#77 · 1 in 331
- Wyoming#79 · 1 in 162
- North Dakota#80 · 1 in 245
Best ever in a state: #13 in Wyoming, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #50 | 33 | 1 in 217 |
| Alaska | #60 | 9 | 1 in 184 |
| Arkansas | #77 | 32 | 1 in 331 |
| Wyoming | #79 | 5 | 1 in 162 |
| North Dakota | #80 | 11 | 1 in 245 |
| New Mexico | #100 | 13 | 1 in 359 |
| Utah | #107 | 39 | 1 in 438 |
| Oklahoma | #114 | 31 | 1 in 477 |
| Missouri | #126 | 47 | 1 in 517 |
| Kansas | #130 | 24 | 1 in 492 |
| Colorado | #138 | 40 | 1 in 583 |
| West Virginia | #139 | 11 | 1 in 461 |
| Oregon | #154 | 23 | 1 in 567 |
| Tennessee | #155 | 49 | 1 in 655 |
| Kentucky | #172 | 26 | 1 in 664 |
| Iowa | #173 | 18 | 1 in 654 |
| Nevada | #178 | 14 | 1 in 657 |
| Wisconsin | #179 | 30 | 1 in 675 |
| Nebraska | #182 | 12 | 1 in 591 |
| Washington | #186 | 39 | 1 in 740 |
| Mississippi | #196 | 13 | 1 in 685 |
| Arizona | #205 | 33 | 1 in 855 |
| Montana | #208 | 5 | 1 in 565 |
| Maine | #209 | 5 | 1 in 623 |
| South Dakota | #233 | 5 | 1 in 610 |
| Indiana | #234 | 30 | 1 in 930 |
| South Carolina | #244 | 20 | 1 in 915 |
| Alabama | #247 | 19 | 1 in 964 |
| Ohio | #253 | 44 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Louisiana | #254 | 17 | 1 in 963 |
| Pennsylvania | #277 | 39 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Michigan | #284 | 31 | 1 in 1,153 |
| Georgia | #290 | 35 | 1 in 1,292 |
| Minnesota | #304 | 18 | 1 in 1,193 |
| North Carolina | #331 | 33 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Texas | #337 | 102 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Maryland | #354 | 15 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Florida | #426 | 44 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Illinois | #484 | 21 | 1 in 2,111 |
| New York | #518 | 32 | 1 in 2,448 |
| California | #530 | 62 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Massachusetts | #564 | 9 | 1 in 2,670 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aspen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 42 spots since 2020 (#224 → #266)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#372 → #266)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2022 at #196 (1,518 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,080
- Highest: 1 in 1,080 girls born in 2022 were named Aspen (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,363 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.9% of all girls named Aspen (8,393) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 135 | #2,582 (1979) | #4,256 |
| 1980s | 467 | #1,755 (1982) | #2,295 |
| 1990s | 2,735 | #535 (1999) | #954 |
| 2000s | 4,888 | #547 (2005) | #582 |
| 2010s | 8,393 | #252 (2019) | #409 |
| 2020s | 8,108 | #196 (2022) | #228 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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