girls:
631 births since 1916
#5085 (11th percentile)
boys:
266 births since 1912
#4320 (6th percentile)
overall:
897 births since 1912
#6842 (12th percentile)
The name Aster is the #6,842 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 897 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 11.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,085 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 631 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,320 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 266 births since 1912.
Aster first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Aster is available in 49 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aster has been given predominantly to girls, with 70.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Aster were girls. Interestingly, until around 1928, the name was more popular for boys (67.3% boys from 1912 to 1927), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.4% girls from 1928 to 2023).
For girls, Aster reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #891) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aster ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 69.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aster reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #888) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aster ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 87.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aster".
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