Asuncion — unisex name
122 babies named Asuncion in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Asuncion was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Asuncion in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asuncion
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Asuncion between 1913 and 2003, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asuncion currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Asuncion is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 76 additional births since 1923.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asuncion performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Asuncion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Asuncion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asuncion 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 122 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.
Asuncion at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Asuncion popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1913
- Peak year (1929)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
122 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 8 births in a single year.
Asuncion popularity over time — boys
76 total births recorded since 1923 (Asuncion as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Asuncion accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Asuncion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 38 births that decade — 31% of Asuncion's all-time total
Asuncion decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Asuncion's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Asuncion by state
Where Asuncion concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 122 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–2003 (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.