Asahel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AS-ah-hel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Asahel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has made”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Asahel mean?
Hebrew
“God has made”
Asahel, nephew of King David, was said to be as swift as a wild gazelle.
Is Asahel a girl's or a boy's name?
Asahel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asahel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Asahel, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Asahel in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asahel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Asahel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Abdullah Ibrahim Muhammad Asaiah Hamza Zahir Zayd Azaiah Amir Mustafa
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Asahel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asahel, updated 20 October 2026.