Unisex name · since 1987
Asriel
195 babies named Asriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,116 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,007 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asriel currently ranks #4007 among unisex names in America, with 195 babies recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Asriel recorded 195 times among boys since 1987, holding rank #4007 nationally today, ahead of 71% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #13,116 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,007 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 195 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asriel ranks #13,116 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,007 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 195 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,116 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,007 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asriel's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Asriel compares
195 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Asriel's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 195 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Asriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Asriel's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Asriel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Asriel popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1996 (Asriel as girls' name)
Asriel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Asriel's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Asriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (54% of all-time use).
Asriel by state
Where Asriel concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 9.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
18 of 195 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Asriels (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1987–2025 (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 Asriel 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.