Asami
Girl · ah-SAH-mee · Japanese
Asami is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “morning beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Asami mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji, e.g. asa 'morning' + mi 'beauty'
“morning beauty”
Also known from Asami Sato, a lead character in the animated series The Legend of Korra.
- Say it
- ah-SAH-mee
Is Asami a girl's or a boy's name?
Asami is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asami in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Asami, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Asami in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asami in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Asami
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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