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Asuncion

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Assumption (of Mary to heaven), through Asunción

Asuncion has been given to 198 babies in the U.S. since 1913. 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 1929, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.

Babies named Asuncion, 2003

1 in 760,000

Asuncion over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2003, Asuncion went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19132003

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.

Asuncion: meaning, origin, and history

Assumption (of Mary to heaven), through Asunción

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Asuncion means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Asuncion is used in Cebuano.

Asuncion comes through Spanish Asunción.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Asunción.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Asuncion between 1913 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1929; its best national rank was #2,563 in 1913.

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Asuncion between 1923 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1949; its best national rank was #2,618 in 1949.

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.

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How common is Asuncion?

Asuncion had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003
1 in 760,000
5 of 3,801,425 births
Among girls only
1 in 365,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2003
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
526,991 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Asuncion 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 2003 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 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Asuncion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Asuncions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Asuncion was born before 1931 — so the typical Asuncion is around 94 today.

Median birth year
1931
About 94 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
18.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
48
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1920s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Asuncion 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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1929 (8)
Years since peak
96
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,563
1913

Where Asuncion is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Asuncion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Asuncion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Asuncion is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Asuncion was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 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. Asuncion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Asuncion around the world

Where Asuncion 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.

  • France
    1928–1973
    #1,892
    in 1973
  • South Australia
    1963–1963
    #644
    in 1963

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Asuncion by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,563
1913
Peak year
1929
8 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2003
All-time count
122
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,618
1949
Peak year
1949
9 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
76
Count in 2025
Under 5

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