girl's name
Asami
- Origin Japanese
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 163
Asami is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Asami is a name of Japanese origin.
- Peaked in 2021, when 21 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 207,211 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1988.
Asami over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 |
| 1990s | 30 |
| 2010s | 22 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 95 |
How popular is Asami?
In 2025, Asami was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
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 Asami
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Sibling names for Asami
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Asami — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Asami
How popular is the name Asami?
In 2025, Asami was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Asami a girl's or a boy's name?
Asami is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Asami most popular?
Asami peaked in 2021, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Asami a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Asami currently ranks #6,880 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.