Asael
Masculine · “God has made”
Asael is God has made — a Hebrew statement, and the name of David's nephew, the fastest runner in the army, killed for chasing a man he could not beat.
How old is the name Asael?
Asael first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Asael alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,600 people named Asael are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Asael most popular?
Asael peaked in 2025, reaching #1793 nationally. Today it ranks #1793, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From asah El to Asael
The story of Asael
Asahel was Joab's brother and David's nephew, described in 2 Samuel as light of foot as a wild gazelle; he pursued Abner, who warned him twice to turn aside and then killed him with the butt of a spear. The name is used in Spanish-speaking Protestant naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
God has made
From the Hebrew Asahel — asah, 'to make' or 'to do', and El, 'God'. It is a complete statement rather than a word. The same asah opens Asaiah and Maasai. The Hebrew is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- asah El
- Asahel
- Asael
Related forms: עשהאל · Asahel · Asael
Pronouncing Asael
ah-sah-EL
Three syllables, stress on the third. Some bearers say uh-SAYL with two.
Nicknames for Asael
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
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 202589 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1793reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +25.4%89 in 2025, from 71
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.
Asael in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- עשהאל in Hebrew — transliteration
- Asahel in English — spelling variant
- Asael in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Asaels among us
people named Asael are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,192 born in 2025 was named Asael
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Asael
- #1793
- Asael on the 2025 chart
- #498
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Asael went to 89 boys in 2025, but Azael is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 521, which makes it the 498th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,295 places above the chart.
- Azael432
- Asael89
About 1 boy in 3,278 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,192 for Asael 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 Jonnathan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Asael's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jonnathan climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jonnathan's path sketches the road Asael is walking now.
Asael is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Asael is headed
Asael looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 33% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Asael beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Asael in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- The pursuit of Abner is one of the sharpest small episodes in Samuel.
- Asa is available as a short form with its own record.
- The story attached to it ends badly for its bearer.
- The syllable count splits between two readings.
- Asahel is the fuller biblical spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Asaels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Asael are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Asael?
- Asael is one of 2 recorded spellings. Azael is the more common one — 432 births in 2025 against 89 for Asael.
- How popular is the name Asael in 2025?
- Asael ranks #1793 among US boy names in 2025, with 89 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Asael?
- About 1 in every 19,192 US boys born in 2025 was named Asael — 89 in all.
- Will my child share the name Asael with classmates?
- Asael will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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