Girls' name · since 1915
Aspasia
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.
- 267
- total births
- 1915–2015
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
Aspasia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 267 have been recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aspasia has been recorded 267 times among girls since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2015.
- 267 total births
- 1915–2015 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 25% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
267 girls have been named Aspasia since 1915, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 2015.
- 267
- total births
- 1915–2015
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Aspasia was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Aspasia in 1926 - its busiest year on record.
Aspasia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aspasia's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aspasia at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aspasia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2015
- Peak year (1926)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2015.
267 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 12 births in a single year.
Aspasia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Aspasia's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Aspasia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
68 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 68 births (25% of all-time use).
Aspasia decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Aspasia by state
Where Aspasia concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 267 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Aspasia's data
- Aspasia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Aspasias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Aspasia: Baby Name Since 1915 - 267 Births, Peak 1926." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/aspasia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aspasia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
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