Asaph — #3733 US boys' name
401 babies named Asaph in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Asaph was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Asaph in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asaph
The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Asaph between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Asaph currently holds the #3733 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asaph performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Asaph shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Asaph in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asaph 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 401 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.
Asaph at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Asaph popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2022)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #3733 among boys.
401 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 36 births in a single year.
Asaph by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 171 births that decade — 43% of Asaph's all-time total
Asaph decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Asaph's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Asaph by state
Where Asaph concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.