Aster
Unisex · AS-ter · English
Unisex
Aster is a name of English origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 2,933rd for girls in the US (57 babies).
What does Aster mean?
English: flower name, from Greek aster, 'star'
“star”
The aster flower was named from the Greek for 'star' because of its star-shaped flower heads.
- Say it
- AS-ter
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aster a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Aster has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls and 17 boys in the UK and 57 girls and 43 boys in the US.
How popular is Aster in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,247among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Aster, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls. 17 boys were also named Aster in 2025 (1,613th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Aster in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 61% of the babies named Aster in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Aster in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Aster in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were named Aster, making it the 2,933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916. 43 boys were also named Aster in 2025 (2,883rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Aster in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 84% of the babies named Aster in the US in 2016, and 57% in 2025.
Aster in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,933 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
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