Asad
Masculine · “lion”
Asad is a lion in Arabic — the ordinary word, and the one behind the name Assad and the constellation Leo in Arabic astronomy.
How old is the name Asad?
Asad first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Asad alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,000 people named Asad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Asad most popular?
Asad peaked in 1994, reaching #1822 nationally. Today it ranks #1919, 97 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From asad to Asad
The story of Asad
The lion is a standing image of courage in Arabic poetry, and Hamza, the Prophet's uncle, was called Asad Allah, the Lion of God. The name is used across the Arabic-speaking world and South Asia. Arab and South Asian emigration brought it to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaning
lion
From the Arabic asad, 'lion'. Arabic is said to have many words for the animal; asad is the plainest. Leo is Al-Asad in Arabic astronomy, and several star names in the constellation preserve it. The word is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- asad
- Asad
Related forms: أسد · Asad · Asad
Pronouncing Asad
AH-sad
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the s a fuller quality than English does.
Nicknames for Asad
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
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 202288 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1822reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- +6.6%81 in 2025, from 76
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.
Asad in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أسد in Arabic — transliteration
- Asad in Urdu — same name
- Asad in Persian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey.
Asads among us
people named Asad are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,087 born in 2025 was named Asad
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Asad
- #1919
- Asad on the 2025 chart
- #757
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Asad went to 81 boys in 2025, but Asaad, Azad and Azaad are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 171, which makes it the 757th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,162 places above the chart.
- Asad81
- Asaad49
- Azad22
- Azaad19
About 1 boy in 9,989 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,087 for Asad itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dewie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Asad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dewie climbed just as high around 1928, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dewie's path sketches the road Asad is walking now.
Asad sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Asad is headed
Asad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Asad beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Asad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lion meaning is concrete, transparent and undisputed.
- The constellation Leo carries the same word in Arabic astronomy.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The Syrian ruling family's surname is the same word, which is a strong association.
- It reads as specifically Arabic.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #1919 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Asads are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Asad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Asad?
- Asad is the most-used spelling in US records — 81 of the 171 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Asaad, Azad and Azaad.
- How popular is the name Asad in 2025?
- Asad ranks #1919 among US boy names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Asad?
- About 1 in every 21,087 US boys born in 2025 was named Asad — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Asad with classmates?
- Asad will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Asad
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