girl's name
Jasmine
JAZ-min
- Origin Persian
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 326,266
the United States
#206
2025 births
Jasmine is a girl's name of Persian origin taken from the flower, whose name comes from yasmin. It reached English through Arabic and French, and is one of the few flower names that is not native to Europe.
- Jasmine is a name of Persian origin.
- Peaked in 1993, when 12,111 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,239 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1906.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Jasmine over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 38 |
| 1920s | 46 |
| 1930s | 21 |
| 1940s | 11 |
| 1950s | 327 |
| 1960s | 346 |
| 1970s | 4,212 |
| 1980s | 33,482 |
| 1990s | 105,748 |
| 2000s | 76,283 |
| 2010s | 29,418 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 9,952 |
What Jasmine means
Jasmine means the jasmine flower, from the Persian yasmin. Unlike Rose or Lily the word is a borrowing, so the name carries the plant's associations of fragrance and night-blooming rather than any older personal sense.
Where Jasmine comes from
Jasmine descends from the Persian yasmin, the name of the climbing shrub, which Arabic took as yasmin and passed to European languages through Spanish and French — French jasmin gave the English spelling. The flower's association with evening comes from the several jasmine species that release their scent after dark. The name is common across the Persian and Arabic-speaking world as Yasmin and Yasmeen, and Disney's Aladdin in 1992 gave the English spelling a substantial boost, though it was already well established.
Jasmine in use
Our data shows Jasmine falling, peaking in 1993 — the year after Aladdin — at 102 in England and Wales. It first appears in our records in 1906, so the film did not create the name but did give it a peak our series dates precisely.
How popular is Jasmine?
In 2025, Jasmine was given to 1,481 babies in the United States, ranking #206 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Jasmine 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 Jasmine
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jasmine also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jasmine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Jasmine
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Jasmine 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.
Sibling names for Jasmine
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jasmine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jasmine
What does the name Jasmine mean?
Jasmine is the flower name, from the Persian yasmin.
Are Jasmine and Yasmin the same name?
Yes. Yasmin is closer to the Persian original; Jasmine reached English through Arabic, Spanish and French.
Did Aladdin make Jasmine popular?
Our data shows it peaking in 1993, the year after the 1992 film — though the name dates back to 1906 in our records.
Is Jasmine a girl's or a boy's name?
Jasmine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Jasmine?
Jasmine has 2 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Jasmine?
Jasmine is usually shortened to Jaz, Minnie and Jas.
Is Jasmine a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jasmine currently ranks #91 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.