Asaf
Boy · Hebrew
Asaf is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Asaf mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
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Is Asaf a girl's or a boy's name?
Asaf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asaf in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Asaf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Asaf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Asaf, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Asaf in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Asaf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Asaph 30
- Asaf 18
Asaf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Names like Asaf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Abdullah Ahmed Hamza Ibrahim Amir Zayd Ayyub Umar Mustafa Zayaan
Other spellings of Asaf
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