Asan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-SAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Asan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Asan mean?
Arabic: Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Hasan
“good, handsome”
Kazakh form of Hasan, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's elder grandson.
Is Asan a girl's or a boy's name?
Asan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Asan, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had the most boys named Asan of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Asan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Asan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yazan, Zayan, Ahmir, Zahir, Arham, Abdulrahman, Azaan, Amir, Ayaan, Ahsan, Zayd, Hamza
Names related to Asan
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Asan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asan, updated 20 October 2026.