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Asaf

Masculine

1978high 2024
#5208 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare18 boys in 2025

Asaf entered the US charts in 1978, peaked at #3920 in 1992, ranks #5208 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Asaf?

Asaf first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Asaf alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 400 people named Asaf are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Asaf most popular?

Asaf peaked in 1992, reaching #3920 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 1,288 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1978–202526130261819782025

US babies named Asaf per year from 1978 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#39201970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1978
Most boys named
202426 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3920reached in 1992
Change vs 2024
−30.8%18 in 2025, from 26
Asaf sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 26 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Asaf in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New York.

Asafs among us

400

people named Asaf are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Asaf

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Asaf

#5208
Asaf on the 2025 chart
#880
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Asaf went to 18 boys in 2025, but Asaph is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 48, which makes it the 880th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,328 places above the chart.

  • Asaph30
  • Asaf18

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 94,893 for Asaf 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

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Is it right for you

The Garritt test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Asaf's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Garritt climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Garritt's path sketches the road Asaf is walking now.

40%chance Asaf will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Asaf, aligned on its peakGarritt· peak 1965not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+50 yrsGarritt · #12231Asaf today
Asaf today is about where Garritt stood in 1998 — 33 years past a #3930-sized peak. By 2013, Garritt had settled around #12231.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Asaf 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

Asaf beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Asaf in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Asafthis name18#5208Rodger18#5208Eusebio18#5208Boy18#5208Randal18#5208

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Asafs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Asaf are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Asaf?
Asaf is one of 2 recorded spellings. Asaph is the more common one — 30 births in 2025 against 18 for Asaf.
How popular is the name Asaf in 2025?
Asaf ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Asaf?
About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Asaf — 18 in all.
Will my child share the name Asaf with classmates?
Asaf will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Asaf

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Rodger#5208 · Eusebio#5208 · Boy#5208 · Randal#5208 · Gable#5208 · Jessy#5208 · Kelby#5208 · Jens#5208

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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