Unisex name · since 1993
Asten
46 babies named Asten in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 46 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asten has been recorded 46 times among boys since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2024.
- #22,694 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asten ranks #22,694 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asten's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Asten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asten's full recorded timeline at 2014, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asten popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Asten popularity over time - girls
8 total births recorded since 1983 (Asten as girls' name)
Asten by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Asten's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Asten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (35% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Asten 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 August 2026.