Boys' name · since 1995
Asan
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 126 babies named Asan, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
126 babies have been named Asan since 1995, making it today's #5501 boys' name.
Asan has 126 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5501 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of boys, 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 1995 to 2025.
- #15,890 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,501 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 126 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asan ranks #15,890 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,501 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 126 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,890 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asan's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Asan compares
126 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Asan's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 126 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Asan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Asan's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Asan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Asan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Asan's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Asan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Asan 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.