Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ascencion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 644
- 546 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 24 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,520 as a first name in 2020; 493 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.
Ascencion’s family of names
In English usage, Ascencion as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Ascención.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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