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Aster

#2,935 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Aster plant

Aster has been given to 1,108 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #2,935 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 73 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.

Babies named Aster, 2025

1 in 58,200

Aster over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Aster went to 57% girls and 43% boys.

19122025

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.

Aster: meaning, origin, and history

Aster plant

Latin

What Aster means

Aster takes the English plant aster into personal-name use.

The older word means “a plant of the genus Aster”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From aster (“a plant of the genus Aster”) and its etymon Latin astēr (“a star”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Aster (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Aster is used in English, Dutch and German. Its origins include Latin.

Aster comes through Latin astēr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Star.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Aster is pronounced /ˈastɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 752 girls were recorded with the name Aster between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,467 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,147 in 2020 to #2,935 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,708 in 2015 to #2,935 in 2025.

In the United States, 356 boys were recorded with the name Aster between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,569 in 1912.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,002 in 2020 to #2,887 in 2025.

How common is Aster?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 58,200
57 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 28,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,935
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
40,315 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aster sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 40,315 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aster. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Asters were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aster was born before 2019 — so the typical Aster is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
47.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
693
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 47.7% of all recorded uses (359).

Is Aster 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
−210
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+212
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+773
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.39×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.1%
Peak was 2022 (73)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,467
2022

Spellings of Aster

Aster is not the most common spelling — Amber is, with 50.0% against Aster's 0.10%.

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 Aster is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Aster was most concentrated in Washington — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 53,886 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Washington1 in 14,286
  2. 2Oregon1 in 25,000
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4Virginia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

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.

Where Aster is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Aster was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,061,282 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Kentucky1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 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. Aster has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aster around the world

Where Aster 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.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2025
    #1,197
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2017–2024
    #790
    in 2024
  • France
    1950–2024
    #5,503
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1978–2013
    #403
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aster by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,935
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 212
Best rank ever
#2,467
2022
Peak year
2022
73 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
752
Count in 2025
57

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,887
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,115
Best rank ever
#2,569
1912
Peak year
2024
46 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
356
Count in 2025
43

Names similar to Aster

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

AstraAstonAstoriaAstraeaAstouAstaPorterAstrydAstellaAstreaAsteriaAstinEtterFosterAstriaAstaraJupiterAsthaVesterPeterSisterAstariaAstridAstri

Sibling names for Aster

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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