Girls' name · since 1979
Asal
Asal has 169 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asal is the #5982 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 169 recorded since 1979.
Asal has 169 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5982 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #21,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,982 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 169 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asal ranks #21,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,982 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 169 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asal's 169 recorded births place it above 70.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Asal compares
169 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asal's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 169 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asal's full recorded timeline at 2018, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Asal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (98 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Asal's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Asal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 98 births (58% of all-time use).
Asal by state
Where Asal concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 13.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 3.0% |
22 of 169 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Asals (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Asal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Asal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.