Aspen

What Aspen means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Aspen yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aspen?

US: Rising: up from #372 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,518 girls got the name (#196 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 1,363 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,513 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (6.17 per 1,000 girls), AK (5.44 per 1,000 girls), ID (4.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aspen is #266 in the US and #1407 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 82.2% of US babies named Aspen were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aspyn309 US
• Espen15 US
• Aspynn12 US
• Espyn10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aspen

Girls

• August#960“month of August”^*
• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Wynter#456Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*

For a brother

• Ocean#717“sea”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Sage#455“sedge”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aspen’s. Rank is US 2025.