boy's name

Asaf

  • Origin Turkish
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 683

France

#997

2025 births

Asaf is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Asaf is a name of Turkish origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 184,196 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Asaf over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Asaf by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 13
1980s 47
1990s 75
2000s 84
2010s 89
2020s (to 2025) 100

How popular is Asaf?

In 2025, Asaf was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Asaf is used

France #997 40 in 2025
Canada #2,952 6 in 2019
England & Wales #5,101 4 in 2024
United States #5,389 18 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Asaf

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Asaf also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Asaf over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Asaf in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Asaph Assaf

Sibling names for Asaf

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Asaf — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Asaf

How popular is the name Asaf?

In 2025, Asaf was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Asaf a girl's or a boy's name?

Asaf is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Asaf?

Asaf has 2 syllables.

When was Asaf most popular?

Asaf peaked in 2024, when 26 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Asaf a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Asaf currently ranks #997 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.