boy's name

Asif

  • Origin Azerbaijani
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,066

Scotland

#395

1996 births

Asif is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Asif is a name of Azerbaijani origin.
  • Peaked in 1982, when 24 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Asif 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.

183
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Asif by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 63
1980s 183
1990s 147
2000s 110
2010s 48
2020s (to 2025) 52

How popular is Asif?

In 2025, Asif was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Asif is used

Scotland #395 4 in 1996
Canada #3,011 5 in 2015
England & Wales #4,105 5 in 2025
France #6,246 5 in 2024
United States #6,656 13 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 Asif

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

Parents who like Asif also like

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

Sibling names for Asif

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

Common questions about Asif

How popular is the name Asif?

In 2025, Asif was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Asif is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Asif most popular?

Asif peaked in 1982, when 24 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Asif a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Asif currently ranks #4,105 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.