Aster
Aster was the 2935th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2467th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 774 places. More babies were named Aster in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,935 girls, up 212 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 57girls
- Girls and boys
- 62% girls, 38% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202273 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,108babies recorded
Aster popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,935 | #2,888 | 57 | 43 |
| 2020 | #3,147 | #6,006 | 50 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,575 | — | 16 | — |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | #4,069 | — | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | #4,601 | #3,619 | 5 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | #4,335 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Aster, counting every spelling?
Aster has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Aster?
57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aster (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Aster born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aster.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aster?
About 700 people born in the US named Aster are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 11. That makes Aster a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aster by state
How common Aster was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (3.8×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aster: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aster, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Aster
How popular is the name Aster?
Aster was the 2935th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2467th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 774 places. More babies were named Aster in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Aster a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 62% girls, 38% boys given the name Aster in the US.
Where is Aster most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aster was most common in Washington (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oregon and Wisconsin.