Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Asbury isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asbury through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 579
- 579 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020; 7,881 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asbury’s family of names
In English usage, Asbury as a surname has a related form in ASTBURY.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Asbury
- Asbury LatimerAmerican politician (1851-1908)
- Asbury Bascom Davidsonpolitician1855–1920
- A. Frank LeverSouth Carolina Congressman (1875-1940)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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