Asif — boys' name

What the Data Says About Asif

The Social Security Administration has registered 590 babies named Asif between 1973 and 2023, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Asif currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Asif performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Asif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Asif in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Asif 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 590 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.