Ashad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-SHAHD
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Ashad is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Ashad come from?
Origin unclear; perhaps Arabic
Is Ashad a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashad 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 Ashad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Ashad, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Ashad in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Ashad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmad Zayd Zahir Musa Hamza Zamir Ahad Ahmir Amir Asad Abdullah
Names related to Ashad
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, “Ashad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashad, updated 20 October 2026.