Recorded 1915–2015 Girls' name Peak 1926 267 births

Aspasia — girls' name

267 babies named Aspasia in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s181920s681930s231940s51950s221960s211970s321980s221990s102000s362010s10
1920s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Aspasia was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

12 babies were named Aspasia in 1926 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aspasia

The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Aspasia between 1915 and 2015, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aspasia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aspasia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Aspasia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aspasia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aspasia 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 267 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.

Aspasia at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

267

Since 1915

101 years of records

Peak year

1926

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1915

Recorded for 101 years

Last year on file: 2015

Aspasia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1915

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1926)
12
Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
468101214 20152000198019691956193019241915 6

Aspasia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
68 births that decade — 25% of Aspasia's all-time total
1910s181920s681930s231940s51950s221960s211970s321980s221990s102000s362010s10

Aspasia by state

Where Aspasia concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Aspasia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 1.9%
New York share of Aspasia's total US births 1.9%

5 of 267 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aspasia?
267 babies have been named Aspasia since 1915. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1926 with 12 births.
When was Aspasia most popular?
Aspasia was most popular in the 1920s decade with 68 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
Where is Aspasia most popular?
The top states for the name Aspasia are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Aspasia been used?
Aspasia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 101 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Aspasia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aspen, Aspyn, Aspynn, Aspin, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.