Ascension**
#13,515 most common boys' name of all time · #34,887 across all names · 64% male / 36% female · used 1914–1991 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#13,515
Rank overall
#34,887 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
144
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #3,182
Best rank
#3,013 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Ascension first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,425 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,779 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,599 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,625 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,013 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,200 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,507 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,576 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,892 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1930 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,829 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,961 |
| 1924 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #3,182 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,566 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,537 |