Asmahan — girls' name
20 babies named Asmahan in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Asmahan was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Asmahan in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asmahan
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Asmahan between 1976 and 2023, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asmahan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asmahan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Asmahan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asmahan 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 20 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.
Asmahan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Asmahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1976
- Peak year (1976)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
20 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 5 births in a single year.
Asmahan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5 births that decade — 25% of Asmahan's all-time total
Asmahan decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Asmahan's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–2023 (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.