girl's name
Asal
- Origin Persian
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 293
Asal is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Asal is a name of Persian origin.
- Peaked in 2024, when 25 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 165,782 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1979.
Asal 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 |
| 2000s | 11 |
| 2010s | 55 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 98 |
How popular is Asal?
In 2025, Asal was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Asal is used
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 Asal
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Asal also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Asal over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Asal
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Asal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Asal
How popular is the name Asal?
In 2025, Asal was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Asal a girl's or a boy's name?
Asal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Asal most popular?
Asal peaked in 2024, when 25 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Asal a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Asal currently ranks #4,062 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.