boys:
363 births since 1978
#4223 (8th percentile)
overall:
363 births since 1978
#7376 (5th percentile)
The name Asaf is the #7,376 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 363 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,223 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 363 births since 1978.
Asaf first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Asaf is available in 40 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Asaf reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #760) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Asaf ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 83.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Asaf".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Asaf. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Asaf is pronounced as uh-SAHF, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-suhf, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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