first name
ASPEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,836 people named Aspen, 76.6% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 7% as two or more races. 90.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Aspen peaked in 2022, when 1,734 babies got the name.
At least 27,736 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Aspen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #435. The largest share of babies named Aspen, 61%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Aspen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aspen has been most common in Utah (8.3×), Wyoming (8.3×), and Idaho (6.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.09×).
24,672 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Aspen
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aspen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Aspen ranks #58,949 of 156,621, with 371 people. See Aspen as a last name
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