Aspen: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “aspen tree”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- ASS-pen · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (90% of all uses)
From the English tree name, ultimately from Old English æspe. It is a modern given name taken directly from nature.
How popular is Aspen?
Babies named Aspen in 20241,431
2024 rank#265 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 188026,289
Aspen is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Aspen
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Aspen questions
What does the name Aspen mean?
Aspen means "aspen tree". It comes from English. From the English tree name, ultimately from Old English æspe. It is a modern given name taken directly from nature.
Is Aspen a boy or girl name?
Aspen is mainly a girl's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Aspen?
1,431 US babies were named Aspen in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Aspen?
Aspen is usually pronounced ASS-pen.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.