Mostly girls · peaked in 2022
Aspen name popularity since 1925
27,736 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Aspen (89.1% girls, 10.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Aspen is about 10 years old in 2026. Aspen peaked in 2022 as the #196 name for girls, and it ranked #266 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,736
- Named Aspen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #266
- for girls in 2025 (1,179 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 89.1% girls
- 24,726 girls · 3,010 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 8.01× its national share
Peak year is the year Aspen made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Aspen births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Aspen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, Aspen became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 18,400 baby girls to 1 in 4,910.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Aspen's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Aspen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Aspen in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 135 | 0 | #3,644 |
| 1980s | 467 | 0 | #2,319 |
| 1990s | 2,735 | 305 | #662 |
| 2000s | 4,888 | 452 | #547 |
| 2010s | 8,393 | 966 | #372 |
| 2020–25 | 8,108 | 1,287 | #266 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.0% of babies named Aspen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Aspen is most popular
The index compares Aspen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Aspen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8.01× | 1,703 |
| Idaho | 6.76× | 671 |
| Colorado | 5.96× | 1,835 |
| Montana | 5.41× | 395 |
| Nevada | 4.27× | 380 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Aspen and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Aspen (this page) | 24,726 | 2022 |
| Aspyn | 3,962 | 2022 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Aspen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Aspen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Aspen (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data