Jasiel
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “God makes”
Jasiel is given to both — 2,793 boys and 91 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Jasiel comes out of the Hebrew Bible, where a warrior in King David's company is listed in the Book of Chronicles under this name. It traveled into Spanish-speaking use with the J intact and the Hebrew rhythm mostly preserved — three beats ending on that bright -el that closes Gabriel, Daniel and Miguel. Its American wave is a young one, carried largely by families in California, Texas and Florida.
How old is the name Jasiel?
Jasiel first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jasiel is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Jasiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jasiel most popular?
Jasiel peaked in 2025, reaching #683 nationally. Today it ranks #683, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yaasiel (Hebrew יַעֲשִׂיאֵל) to Jasiel
The story of Jasiel
The name belongs to the long lists of the Book of Chronicles, where Jasiel the Mesobaite closes the roll of David's mighty men, and where a Jaasiel son of Abner is named as a leader of Benjamin. From Hebrew Yaasiel the name passed through Greek and Latin scripture into the vernacular Bibles of Europe, and the King James translators printed it as Jasiel. The Spanish Reina-Valera tradition kept a close cousin, Jaasiel, and it is from Spanish-speaking Catholic and Protestant families — in Mexico especially — that the modern given name grew. Its arrival in American records tracks that route, concentrated in the states with the deepest Mexican-American communities.
Meaning
God makes, or God's handiwork
The name joins the Hebrew verb 'asah, to make or to do, with El, God. English Bibles render the same figure as Jaasiel or Jasiel; translators give it as "God makes" or "whom God created."
How the name formed
- YaasielHebrew יַעֲשִׂיאֵל
- Jaasiel
- Jasiel
Related forms: Yaasiel · Jaasiel · Jasiel · Jassiel · Jasiel · Yasiel
Pronouncing Jasiel
hah-see-EL
That is the Spanish reading, with the stress on the last syllable. English speakers commonly say JAY-see-el or JAH-see-el instead, and both are heard from bearers in the US — worth deciding early which one your family will use.
Nicknames for Jasiel
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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
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 2025398 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #683reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +23.6%398 in 2025, from 322
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.
Jasiel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yaasiel in Hebrew — transliteration
- Jaasiel in English (Bible) — spelling variant
- Jasiel in Spanish — same name
- Jassiel in Spanish — spelling variant
- Jasiel in Portuguese — same name
- Yasiel in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Jasiels among us
people named Jasiel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 4,292 born in 2025 was named Jasiel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jasiel
- #683
- Jasiel on the 2025 chart
- #169
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jasiel went to 398 boys in 2025, but Jaziel, Jaciel and Jaaziel and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 2,276, which makes it the 169th most-given boys’ name of the year — 514 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 750 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 4,292 for Jasiel 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 Broderick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jasiel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Broderick climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Broderick's path sketches the road Jasiel is walking now.
Jasiel 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 Jasiel is headed
Jasiel looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 47% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Jasiel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jasiel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented biblical name, printed in English Bibles since the King James translation, so it has a written record centuries deep rather than a recent invention.
- Works in both Spanish and English without changing spelling, which matters in bilingual families.
- Sits in the well-known -el family of Daniel, Gabriel and Miguel, so the shape and ending are already familiar to most people.
- Has ready short forms — Jasi, Jas, Jay — so a child is not stuck with only the full name.
- Two live pronunciations, Spanish and English, mean your child will spend a lifetime correcting or accepting whichever one they did not choose. Some bearers simply use both depending on the room.
- It competes with several near-neighbors in spelling — Jassiel, Yasiel, Jaziel, Jahziel — so expect to spell it out often, even to people who have heard it before.
- The name's American use is very recent and concentrated in a few states, so outside those regions many people will meet it for the first time in your child.
- On the upside of that rarity: he is unlikely ever to share it in a classroom, and the name is short and phonetic enough that most people get it on the second try.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jasiels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Jasiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jasiel?
- Jasiel is one of 5 recorded spellings. Jaziel is the more common one — 1,780 births in 2025 against 398 for Jasiel.
- How popular is the name Jasiel in 2025?
- Jasiel ranks #683 among US boy names in 2025, with 398 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jasiel?
- About 1 in every 4,292 US boys born in 2025 was named Jasiel — 398 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jasiel with classmates?
- Jasiel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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