Asif
Boy · Persian
Asif is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “to gather”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Asif mean?
Persian
“to gather”
A male given name from Persian or Urdu.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Asif a girl's or a boy's name?
Asif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Asif, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 34 boys.
2025 had more boys named Asif than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Asif in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Asif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Asif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Asif, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Asif in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Asif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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