girls:
10 births since 2017
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
389 births since 1911
#4197 (8th percentile)
overall:
399 births since 1911
#7340 (5th percentile)
The name Astor is the #7,340 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 399 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,197 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 389 births since 1911. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2017.
Astor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Astor is available in 42 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 2 years for girls). 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 Astor has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Astor reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #500) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 35 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Astor ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 21.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Astor reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #961) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Astor".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Aster. View all variations of Aster.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Astor", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 1 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Aster" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Aster..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Astor. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.9% confident that Astor is pronounced as A-ster, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-stor, at 19.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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