Asmara — #8620 US girls' name
167 babies named Asmara in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Asmara was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Asmara in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asmara
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Asmara between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asmara currently holds the #8620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asmara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Asmara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Asmara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asmara 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 167 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.
Asmara at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Asmara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2018)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #8620 among girls.
167 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 16 births in a single year.
Asmara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 49% of Asmara's all-time total
Asmara decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Asmara's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Asmara by state
Where Asmara concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 167 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% 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, 1993–2024 (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.