Asen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-sen
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Asen is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “healthy, safe”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Asen mean?
Turkish: Bulgarian name, probably from Turkic esen 'healthy'
“healthy, safe”
The brothers Asen and Peter led the 1185 revolt that founded the Second Bulgarian Empire.
Is Asen a girl's or a boy's name?
Asen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Asen, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Asen of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Asen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Ahsan 16
- Asen 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Asen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
Names like Asen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan Finn Eden Orhan Brody Ronan Amir Kayden Lochlan Rory Musa Muhammad
Other spellings of Asen
Names related to Asen
More Turkish names
Ayla Aylin Alara Ayda Ayzel Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asen, updated 20 October 2026.