NameTides

Asim

Asim was the #2,390 boys' name in the US in 2025 (57 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales.

Asim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Asim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Asim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,390 (57)#1,798 (14)——
2024#2,915 (43)#2,922 (7)—#1,909 (10)
2023#2,693 (48)#1,533 (16)—#2,614 (6)
2022#2,408 (58)#1,782 (13)—#2,493 (6)
2021#2,862 (43)#1,516 (16)——
2020#3,202 (35)#1,825 (12)—#2,746 (5)
2019#2,808 (44)#2,104 (10)——
2018#2,635 (47)#1,683 (14)——
2017#2,672 (46)#2,172 (10)——
2016#3,524 (31)#2,175 (10)—#2,718 (5)
2015#3,591 (30)#1,673 (14)——
2014#3,693 (28)#1,935 (11)——
2013#3,864 (26)#1,462 (16)——
2012#4,251 (23)#1,086 (25)——
2011#5,433 (16)#1,303 (19)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,408.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Asim is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 43,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asim by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Asim (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AsimCanadaBoys—too few
AsimEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
AsimScotlandBoys—too few
AsimUSBoys#2,39057