Assad — #6927 US boys' name
300 babies named Assad in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Assad was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Assad in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Assad
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Assad between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Assad currently holds the #6927 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Assad performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Assad shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Assad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Assad 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 300 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.
Assad at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Assad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #6927 among boys.
300 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 23 births in a single year.
Assad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 94 births that decade — 31% of Assad's all-time total
Assad decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Assad's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Assad by state
Where Assad concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 300 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 1.7% 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, 1976–2024 (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.