How rare is the name Asma?

6,646 people in the United States have the first name Asma, about 1 in 45,446. It ranks #3,235 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ASMA

#3,235

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,646
About
1 in 45,446
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,646 people named Asma, 53.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 28.2% as White and 12.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Asma peaked in 2025, when 129 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
129
In 2025*
129
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,747 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Asma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,539. The largest share of babies named Asma, 45.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,01386
1980s#5,414257
1990s#4,962400
2000s#4,900574
2010s#4,025824
2020s#3,539606
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9618.1%
Generation Z 1997–1233%
2013 and later45.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Asma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Asma has been most common in Minnesota (8.1×), New York (3.5×), and Michigan (2×), and least common in Texas (1.1×).

1,341 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Asma

1 other first name also has 6,646 people.

#3,235 Gracelynn · 6,646

Either side of Asma

#3,232 Stormy · 6,653#3,234 Benedict · 6,647#3,235 Gracelynn · 6,646#3,237 Emerald · 6,640

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asma, most common first.

#7,527 Asmaa · 2,018#23,988 Asima · 405#37,508 Asna · 208

Also a last name

As a last name, Asma ranks #87,624 of 156,621, with 228 people. See Asma as a last name

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