Asriel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AZ-ree-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Asriel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Asriel mean?
Hebrew: minor Old Testament name
Lord Asriel is Lyra's formidable father in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Is Asriel a girl's or a boy's name?
Asriel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asriel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Asriel, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most boys named Asriel of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Asriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,038 boys in the US were given Asriel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #335, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Asriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Asriel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel Abdiel Jaziel Asaiah Azael Haziel Adriel Thiago Zabdiel Aviel Azaiah Azariah
Other spellings of Asriel
Names related to Asriel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Asriel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asriel, updated 20 October 2026.