Ascension — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ascension

The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Ascension between 1914 and 1991, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ascension currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Ascension is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ascension performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ascension shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ascension in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ascension in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.