# Aspen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aspen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,736 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,010 / 24,726 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 381, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Named for its aspen trees.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 561 | 520 |
| 2012 | 603 | 507 |
| 2013 | 618 | 488 |
| 2014 | 825 | 395 |
| 2015 | 879 | 372 |
| 2016 | 906 | 361 |
| 2017 | 999 | 329 |
| 2018 | 1,229 | 269 |
| 2019 | 1,285 | 252 |
| 2020 | 1,310 | 224 |
| 2021 | 1,502 | 200 |
| 2022 | 1,518 | 196 |
| 2023 | 1,394 | 215 |
| 2024 | 1,205 | 265 |
| 2025 | 1,179 | 266 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,264 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,211 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,090 |
| 2014 | 95 | 1,627 |
| 2015 | 88 | 1,742 |
| 2016 | 97 | 1,642 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,402 |
| 2018 | 165 | 1,160 |
| 2019 | 160 | 1,193 |
| 2020 | 169 | 1,149 |
| 2021 | 202 | 1,060 |
| 2022 | 216 | 1,025 |
| 2023 | 211 | 1,034 |
| 2024 | 233 | 970 |
| 2025 | 256 | 920 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Aspen

- Aspen Ladd, American mixed martial artist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.