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Ason

#5,227 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Assumption (of Mary to heaven), through Asuncion

Ason has been given to 510 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #5,227 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 42 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Ason, 2025

1 in 184,000

Ason over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Ason over time

In 2025, Ason went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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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.

Ason: meaning, origin, and history

Assumption (of Mary to heaven), through Asuncion

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ason means

Ason belongs to the name family reached through Ason → Asuncion → Asunción. Its meaning is “assumption (of Mary to heaven)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ason is used in Cebuano.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Asuncion and Asunción.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 469 boys were recorded with the name Ason between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,601 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,725 in 2020 to #5,227 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,814 in 2015 to #5,227 in 2025.

In the United States, 41 girls were recorded with the name Ason between 1881 and 1900. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1888; its best national rank was #839 in 1881.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ason?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,227
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ason sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ason. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Asons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ason was born before 2009 — so the typical Ason is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
32.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
469
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2020s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (154).

Is Ason 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
−1,529
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+498
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,587
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.9%
Peak was 2022 (42)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,601
1982

Spellings of Ason

Ason is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 23.3% against Ason's 0.01%.

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 Ason is used

Across 1910–2025, Ason was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,531,254 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 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. Ason has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ason around the world

Where Ason 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.

  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ason by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,227
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 498
Best rank ever
#2,601
1982
Peak year
2022
42 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
469
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#839
1881
Peak year
1888
9 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
1900
All-time count
41
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ason

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

NasonOlsonMysonAysonRysonAesonPaxsonJeisonHersonWinsonKensonHensonJsonAisonAlisonAcesonRansonNilsonJaesonHassonElsonAdisonMassonJahson

Sibling names for Ason

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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