Asbury

Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056

Peak · boys
1881 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
579
since 1880

Asbury over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Asbury has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #533, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1979#6,0565
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1966#3,9485
1965
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1963#4,0485
1962
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1958#3,9445
1957#3,0248
1956
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1953#3,1437
1952
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#2,8028
1948#3,6685
1947#2,35611
1946#2,6908
1945
1944
1943#2,9647
1942#3,2126
1941#2,33310
1940#2,8717
1939#2,28810
1938#2,4799
1937#2,9057
1936#2,8547
1935#3,2526
1934
1933
1932#2,31311
1931#2,32811
1930#3,2897
1929#2,00215
1928#1,90217
1927#2,03416
1926#1,72020
1925#2,9369
1924#2,34713
1923#2,44612
1922#2,24014
1921#1,82919
1920#1,88518
1919#1,97316
1918#2,07315
1917#1,52822
1916#2,15213
1915#1,96814
1914#1,97511
1913#2,4966
1912#2,2696
1911#1,3877
1910
1909#1,2776
1908#1,2176
1907
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0916
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901#9436
1900#1,3105
1899#7868
1898#8857
1897
1896#8268
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
1892#8617
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888#8157
1887
1886#60510
1885#8366
1884#61310
1883#7996
1882#6529
1881#53311
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Asbury was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Asbury
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1901 (#1,310#943)
  • Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1900 (#786#1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #533 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,158
  • Highest: 1 in 9,158 boys born in 1881 were named Asbury (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,307 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.4% of all boys named Asbury (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s65#533 (1881)#708
1890s40#786 (1899)#904
1900s40#943 (1901)#1,154
1910s110#1,387 (1911)#1,980
1920s153#1,720 (1926)#2,134
1930s68#2,288 (1939)#2,714
1940s62#2,333 (1941)#2,862
1950s26#3,024 (1957)#3,369
1960s10#3,948 (1966)#3,998
1970s5#6,056 (1979)#6,056

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Asbury in 1892

boys
#861
7 births · 1 in 17,434 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #861Asbury7
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 17,434 of them was named Asbury, which outranked 31.7% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asbury
  1. #792Westley8
  2. #792Winfred8
  3. #792Winston8
  4. #861Asbury7
  5. #861Alba7
  6. #861Annie7
  7. #861Armand7
  8. #956Ada6
  9. #956Add6
  10. #956Albion6

Tied with 94 names at #861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 559Pierce#963#404
  2. 505Milford#963#458
  3. 466Rose#963#497
  4. 466Omar#963#497
  5. 396Shelby#841#445
Fallers
  1. 542Maude#524#1,066
  2. 502Bernice#564#1,066
  3. 502Wilton#564#1,066
  4. 480Wellington#476#956
  5. 469Jule#597#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892