Girls' name · since 1993
Asmara
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 193 babies named Asmara, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
193 babies have been named Asmara since 1993, making it today's #5044 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Asmara recorded 193 times among girls since 1993, holding rank #5044 nationally today, ahead of 71% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #20,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,044 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 193 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asmara ranks #20,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,044 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 193 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,044 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Asmara's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Asmara compares
193 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asmara's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asmara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 193 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asmara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asmara's full recorded timeline at 2014, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asmara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Asmara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Asmara's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Asmara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (42% 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 | 2.6% |
5 of 193 births nationwide.
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What to do with Asmara's data
- Asmara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (82 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Asmaras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asmara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Asmara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.