Assad
Boy · AS-ad · Arabic
Assad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Assad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Asad
“lion”
Hamza, uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as Asad Allah, 'the Lion of God'.
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- AS-ad
Meaning borrowed from Asad.
Is Assad a girl's or a boy's name?
Assad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Assad in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Assad in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Assad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Assad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Assad, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer boys named Assad than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Assad in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were given Assad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,556, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Asad 81
- Assad 11
Assad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Assad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Ahad Fahad Abdullah Asad Zayd Hammad Musa Zayaan Azaan
Other spellings of Assad
Names related to Assad
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