Asal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-SAL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Asal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “honey”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Asal mean?
Arabic: Arabic asal 'honey', used as a Persian girls' name
“honey”
Mostly used by Iranian families; Persian borrowed the word asal, 'honey', from Arabic.
Is Asal a girl's or a boy's name?
Asal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 186% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Asal, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Asal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Asal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Asal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Asal, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Asal in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Asal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Abeeha, Ayzal, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Amal, Zimal, Rahma, Safaa
Names related to Asal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Asal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asal, updated 20 October 2026.