Asma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AS-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #681 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,611 for girls
Asma is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 681st for girls in the UK (59 babies) and 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
What does Asma mean?
Arabic
Asma bint Abi Bakr, daughter of the first caliph, helped the Prophet Muhammad during his migration to Medina.
Is Asma a girl's or a boy's name?
Asma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the UK and 129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #681among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were named Asma, making it the 681st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 65 girls.
Half of all the girls named Asma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were given Asma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #534, up from #681 for this spelling alone.
- Asma 59
- Asmaa 18
Among girls in 2025, it was 650th in England and Wales.
Asma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #681 |
| 2024 | 63 | #659 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 42 | #910 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 46 | #875 |
| 2017 | 55 | #784 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 55 | #771 |
| 2014 | 50 | #837 |
| 2013 | 62 | #709 |
| 2012 | 60 | #733 |
| 2011 | 58 | #728 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 58 | #699 |
| 2008 | 59 | #681 |
| 2007 | 58 | #662 |
| 2006 | 54 | #655 |
| 2005 | 65 | #563 |
| 2004 | 51 | #639 |
| 2003 | 47 | #668 |
| 2002 | 51 | #609 |
| 2001 | 46 | #635 |
| 2000 | 48 | #615 |
| 1999 | 32 | #787 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 47 | #582 |
How popular is Asma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Asma, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the most girls named Asma of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Asma in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were given Asma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,273, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.
Asma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,792 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,140 |
| 2018 | 94 | #2,059 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,902 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 93 | #2,088 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,568 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,780 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,778 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,931 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Asma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Zainab Aaliyah Amira Rahma Ayah Huda Khadija Abeeha Halima
Other spellings of Asma
Asmaa Asmah
Names related to Asma
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir 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, “Asma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asma, updated 20 October 2026.