Aspen
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Meaning
from the aspen tree / place name
The story
Aspen’s leaves draw the eye to movement; its roots tell a less visible story. The English tree name, from Old English æspe, is also used as a personal name. In North American aspens, slender, flattened leaf stalks let the leaves flutter even in a slight breeze. Below ground, shoots can rise from a shared root system, producing multiple genetically identical stems from one original seedling. A whole stand need not be a single clone, but Pando, in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest, offers a remarkable specific example. Its many trunks belong to one organism connected through an extensive root system. What looks like a gathering of separate trees can therefore be one living structure, with the same name-story leading from a fluttering leaf to connections hidden beneath the ground.
How popular is Aspen around the world?
In the United States, 9,395 babies were named Aspen between 2020 and 2025.
Aspen is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, Scotland and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 2,300
In the United States, 9,395 babies were named Aspen between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aspen peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 3,1002017
In South Australia, 5 girls were registered as Aspen in 2017.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Canada
1 in 3,700
In Canada, 88 girls named Aspen were born in 2024, the 339th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Scotland
1 in 5,700
In Scotland, 8 girls named Aspen were registered in 2024, the 384th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 14,000
In England and Wales, 22 girls named Aspen were born in 2025, ranked 1,407th among girls that year.
In England and Wales, 19 boys named Aspen were born in 2025, ranked 1,406th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Aspen
Most people given the name Aspen in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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