Asad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AS-ad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,033 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,919 for boys
Asad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).
What does Asad mean?
Arabic
“lion”
Hamza, uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as Asad Allah, 'the Lion of God'.
Is Asad a girl's or a boy's name?
Asad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 81 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,033among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Asad, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 62 boys.
2025 had more boys named Asad than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Asad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales.
Asad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,162 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 38 | #824 |
| 2007 | 30 | #935 |
| 2006 | 39 | #744 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 51 | #558 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 50 | #491 |
| 2001 | 56 | #441 |
| 2000 | 49 | #475 |
| 1999 | 62 | #402 |
| 1998 | 51 | #463 |
| 1997 | 42 | #505 |
| 1996 | 43 | #473 |
How popular is Asad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,919among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Asad, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,922nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Asad in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were given Asad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,556, up from #1,919 for this spelling alone.
- Asad 81
- Assad 11
Asad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #1,919 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,826 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 76 | #1,922 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 79 | #1,885 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Asad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Fahad Ahad Abdullah Hammad Zayd Amir Umar Musa Ziyad
Other spellings of Asad
Names related to Asad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asad, updated 20 October 2026.