Asil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-SEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Asil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “noble, of pure descent”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Asil mean?
Arabic: also used in Turkish
“noble, of pure descent”
Is Asil a girl's or a boy's name?
Asil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Asil, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Asil of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Asil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Asil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Asil 10
- Aseel 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Asil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Asil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Asil, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2014.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Asil of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Asil in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Asil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Amir, Abdullah, Ahmed, Musa, Arham, Umar, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Mustafa, Azaan
Other spellings of Asil
Names related to Asil
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Asil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asil, updated 20 October 2026.