Askari — #8576 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Askari

The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Askari between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Askari currently holds the #8576 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Askari performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Askari shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Askari in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Askari 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 267 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.