Aspen
#266 for girls in 2025, 1,179 births · #920 for boys in 2025, 256 births
Given to girls 89.1% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#34 · 1 in 175
- Colorado#51 · 1 in 294
- Montana#57 · 1 in 211
- South Dakota#60 · 1 in 220
- Utah#82 · 1 in 371
Best ever in a state: #13 in Wyoming, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #34 | 36 | 1 in 175 |
| Colorado | #51 | 77 | 1 in 294 |
| Montana | #57 | 13 | 1 in 211 |
| South Dakota | #60 | 14 | 1 in 220 |
| Utah | #82 | 46 | 1 in 371 |
| Nebraska | #89 | 22 | 1 in 357 |
| Oklahoma | #101 | 36 | 1 in 437 |
| Hawaii | #119 | 8 | 1 in 364 |
| Nevada | #146 | 18 | 1 in 602 |
| North Dakota | #146 | 7 | 1 in 437 |
| Alaska | #164 | 5 | 1 in 449 |
| Missouri | #165 | 37 | 1 in 702 |
| Arkansas | #167 | 18 | 1 in 624 |
| New Mexico | #173 | 10 | 1 in 581 |
| Oregon | #174 | 22 | 1 in 659 |
| Arizona | #192 | 35 | 1 in 859 |
| Kansas | #192 | 16 | 1 in 750 |
| Maine | #221 | 5 | 1 in 687 |
| South Carolina | #221 | 20 | 1 in 888 |
| Wisconsin | #223 | 24 | 1 in 941 |
| Washington | #246 | 29 | 1 in 1,071 |
| Minnesota | #247 | 24 | 1 in 997 |
| Iowa | #251 | 13 | 1 in 958 |
| West Virginia | #277 | 6 | 1 in 977 |
| Virginia | #302 | 27 | 1 in 1,335 |
| Tennessee | #325 | 23 | 1 in 1,330 |
| Indiana | #367 | 19 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Louisiana | #371 | 14 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Alabama | #394 | 12 | 1 in 1,598 |
| North Carolina | #397 | 26 | 1 in 1,746 |
| Texas | #399 | 81 | 1 in 1,974 |
| Michigan | #404 | 22 | 1 in 1,876 |
| Georgia | #430 | 24 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Kentucky | #467 | 9 | 1 in 1,987 |
| Pennsylvania | #483 | 22 | 1 in 2,325 |
| Florida | #484 | 36 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Ohio | #536 | 21 | 1 in 2,466 |
| Mississippi | #547 | 5 | 1 in 2,184 |
| Illinois | #568 | 20 | 1 in 2,777 |
| California | #627 | 58 | 1 in 3,375 |
| Maryland | #646 | 8 | 1 in 2,909 |
| New York | #966 | 16 | 1 in 5,500 |
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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
- 1 spot since 2024 (#265 → #266)
- 42 spots since 2020 (#224 → #266)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#372 → #266)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1993 (#1,312 → #989)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 2008 (#608 → #701)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2022 at #196 (1,518 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
- 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%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Aspen (8,393) were born in this decade
- 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.
Aspen in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,728 of them was named Aspen, which outranked 98.2% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 14,808 of them was named Aspen, which outranked 90.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,393Oren126
- #1,393Rylee126
- #1,393Zaylen126
- #1,402Aspen125
- #1,402Azriel125
- #1,402Bernardo125
- #1,402Carmine125
- #1,408Ansh124
- #1,408Jaidyn124
- #1,408Jakai124
Tied with 5 names at #1,402; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.