# Aster (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aster/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “a plant of the genus aster”, “a star” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,108 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 356 / 752 (68% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 266, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From aster (“a plant of the genus Aster”) and its etymon Latin astēr (“a star”).

## What it means

Aster is grouped under star.

## 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 | 12 | 9,231 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,623 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,156 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,640 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,709 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,012 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,378 |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,156 |
| 2019 | 45 | 3,457 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,147 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,591 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,467 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,281 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,725 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,935 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 5 | 3,513 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,245 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,110 |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,832 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,069 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,363 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,918 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,221 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,706 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,006 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,647 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,008 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,353 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,794 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,888 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Aster

- Aster Vranckx, Belgian footballer (born 2002)
- Aster Aweke, Ethiopian singer who sings in Amharic

## 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.