Aslynn
A feminine name of English origin meaning "dream messenger".
Name Census estimates that about 315 living Americans carry the first name Aslynn. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aslynn today is around 15 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aslynn births was 2011 (23 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aslynn. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
315
~ 1 in 1,088,109 Americans
Peak year
2011
23 babies that year
Average age
15
years old
2024 SSA rank
#11,184
Tracked since 1993
Census
Aslynn in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 336 people with the first name Aslynn, which placed it at #27,298 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#27,298
National first-name rank
People counted
336
336 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
69.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aslynn
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aslynn is White at 69.6%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (15.5%) and Two or More Races (6.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aslynn described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aslynn at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White69.6% · 234
- Hispanic or Latino15.5% · 52
- Two or more races6.5% · 22
- Black or African American6.3% · 21
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.2% · 4
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.9% · 3
Popularity
Aslynn: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aslynn from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 143 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aslynn by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aslynn during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aslynns live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aslynn
The name Aslynn is a modern English variant of the ancient Germanic name Aeslind or Aeslinda. The earliest roots of the name can be traced back to the 5th century AD in areas of modern-day Germany and the Netherlands. The name is derived from the Germanic elements "aes" meaning divine and "lind" meaning soft or tender.
Historically, the name Aeslind was relatively obscure and rarely appeared in written records until the Middle Ages. One of the earliest known individuals with this name was Aeslind of Frisia, a 9th century noblewoman from the region of Frisia in the present-day Netherlands. She is briefly mentioned in a genealogical record from the year 842 AD.
During the High Middle Ages, the name Aeslind saw some limited use among Germanic nobility, particularly in the Holy Roman Empire. Aeslind von Rothenburg, a 12th century Bavarian countess, is recorded as having participated in the Third Crusade in 1189 AD. Around the same time, an English nun named Aeslind is referenced in a monastic chronicle from Canterbury in 1192 AD.
As the centuries passed, the name gradually evolved into various spellings like Aislinn, Aislynn, and Aslynn. One of the earliest recorded instances of the modern "Aslynn" spelling dates back to 1687 in a parish record from County Galway, Ireland. However, the name remained extremely rare until the late 20th century.
Notable people named Aslynn throughout history include Aslynn Mathews (1927-2001), an American children's book author; Aslynn Harrington (1941-2018), a British equestrian and Olympic silver medalist in 1968; and Aslynn Jorgensen (1962-2012), a Norwegian painter known for her landscape and seascape works.
While uncommon, the name Aslynn has appeared sporadically in several cultures over the past millennium. Its origins can be firmly rooted in the ancient Germanic languages, where it was originally derived as a feminine form meaning "divinely tender" or "softly divine".
People
Aslynn + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aslynn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aslynn: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aslynn?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 315 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aslynn going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,088,109 US residents.
Is Aslynn a common name?
We classify Aslynn as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 319 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aslynn most popular?
The single biggest year for Aslynn was 2011, when 23 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aslynn is about 15 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aslynn in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 336 people with the name Aslynn, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #27,298 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aslynn in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aslynn?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aslynn appears almost entirely female. Of the 333 people counted with this name, 99.7% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aslynn?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aslynn is White at 69.6%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (15.5%) and Two or More Races (6.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aslynn most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Aslynn in the 2020 Census, accounting for 69.6% (234 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aslynn in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aslynn a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aslynn in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aslynn still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aslynn in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aslynn can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Aslynn?
See how many Americans are named Aslynn on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.