Ascension
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ascension has been given to 144 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.
Babies named Ascension, 1991
1 in 779,000
Ascension over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ascension over time
In 1991, Ascension went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ascension?
Ascension had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1991
- 1 in 779,000
- 5 of 3,892,928 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 404,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1991
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 539,676 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ascension sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ascension. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ascensions were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ascension was born before 1947 — so the typical Ascension is around 78 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 22.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 17.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 37
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (21).
Is Ascension rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1924 (9)
- Years since peak
- 101
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.2% average annual change
Spellings of Ascension
Ascension is not the most common spelling — Ascencion is, with 85.6% against Ascension's 14.4%.
- Ascencion85.6%546
- Ascension14.4%92
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ascension is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ascension was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,205,769 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ascension has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ascension is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ascension was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ascension has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ascension around the world
Where Ascension ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- France1930–1930#871in 1930
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Ascension by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Ascension
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ascension
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.