Boys' name · since 1976
Assad
Assad has 311 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
311 babies have been named Assad since 1976, making it today's #7328 boys' name.
Assad has 311 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7328 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #10,367 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,328 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 311 born since 1976
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Assad ranks #10,367 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,328 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 311 born since 1976, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,328 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1976
- 2020s
- peak decade
Assad's 311 recorded births place it above 77.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Assad compares
311 46th 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
Assad's all-time total is 16% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Assad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 311 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Assad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Assad's full recorded timeline at 2003, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Assad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Assad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Assad's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Assad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (34% 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 | 1.6% |
5 of 311 births nationwide.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Assads (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Assad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Assad 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.