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Asma

Girl

Meaning of Asma: Arabic: 'supreme'

Asma is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1563rd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 666th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1563

129 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#666

58 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,747

First recorded 1971 · peak 2025

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 18 babies1982: 25 babies1983: 26 babies1984: 28 babies1985: 35 babies1986: 30 babies1987: 29 babies1988: 20 babies1989: 27 babies1990: 28 babies19901991: 31 babies1992: 47 babies1993: 36 babies1994: 38 babies1995: 41 babies1996: 39 babies1997: 41 babies1998: 54 babies1999: 45 babies2000: 63 babies20002001: 52 babies2002: 55 babies2003: 51 babies2004: 65 babies2005: 63 babies2006: 55 babies2007: 64 babies2008: 42 babies2009: 64 babies2010: 63 babies20102011: 65 babies2012: 64 babies2013: 69 babies2014: 78 babies2015: 93 babies2016: 105 babies2017: 106 babies2018: 94 babies2019: 87 babies2020: 76 babies20202021: 73 babies2022: 104 babies2023: 113 babies2024: 111 babies2025: 129 babies
US babies named Asma per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 129.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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