Ascencion
Masculine · “ascension”
Ascencion is given to both — 546 boys and 98 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Ascencion is the Spanish Ascensión, the feast of Christ's ascension into heaven, given as a name to boys and to a real minority of girls. It is four syllables, stately and devotional.
How old is the name Ascencion?
Ascencion first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Ascencion alive today was born around 1958, making them about 67 years old. About 300 people named Ascencion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ascencion most popular?
Ascencion peaked in 1946, reaching #2030 nationally. See the whole 1946 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ascensio to Ascencion
The story of Ascencion
Spanish-speaking families often named children for the feast nearest their birth, and Ascensión, the Ascension, was one such name, used for boys and girls alike. The same feast named a place: a Portuguese navigator sighted a lonely island in the South Atlantic on Ascension Day and called it Ascension Island. In American records the accent was lost, and the spelling Ascencion puts a c where Spanish writes the second s, a choice no record explains.
Meaning
ascension
From Spanish ascensión, the Ascension of Christ, celebrated forty days after Easter. It was given to children born near the feast.
How the name formed
- ascensio
- Ascensión
- Ascencion
Related forms: Ascensión · Ascensione
Pronouncing Ascencion
ah-sen-SYOHN
Stress on the last syllable, as in Spanish.
Nicknames for Ascencion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 192614 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2030reached in 1946
- Change vs 2013
- +20.0%6 in 2017, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ascencion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ascensión in Spanish — same name
- Ascensione in Italian — related form
Ascencions among us
people named Ascencion are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ascencion sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It carries a clear devotional meaning.
- Chon and Chencho are warm traditional pet forms.
- English speakers will not know where to put the stress.
- Most children given it are boys; a girl named Ascencion may be taken for a boy on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ascencions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Ascencion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ascencion in 2025?
- Ascencion is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Ascencion with classmates?
- Ascencion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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