Asahi
Boy · a-SAH-hee · Japanese
Asahi is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “morning sun”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Asahi mean?
Japanese: often written with the kanji for 'morning sun'
“morning sun”
- Say it
- a-SAH-hee
Is Asahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Asahi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Asahi, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Asahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Asahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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