Is Aster a boy or girl name?

Aster is a unisex name. Of the 1,108 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 67.9% were girls and 32.1% were boys.

Aster

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Aster was most popular in 2022, when 114 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,291 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,530, with 100 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,108 people named Aster.

Aster over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aster’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aster a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aster is a unisex name — 67.9% of the 1,108 Americans given it were girls and 32.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 68% girls and 32% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aster

Where Aster is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.4×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org