Asahel — #6005 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Asahel

The Social Security Administration has registered 289 babies named Asahel between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Asahel currently holds the #6005 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Asahel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Asahel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Asahel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Asahel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 289 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.