Asa vs Azhar
Asa and Azharcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2025, Asa was ranked #469 and Azhar #3684 among boys in England and Wales.
Asa and Azhar over time
Asa and Azhar appear together in 1 published list, across 29 years of shared records. Asa held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Azhar in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Azhar reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Asa in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys29 shared years, 1996–2025
Asa held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Azhar in 0.
Highest recorded here: Asa #434 in 2024, Azhar #655 in 1999.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Asa #469, Azhar #3684.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Asa | Azhar |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-SCT, IE | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #469 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #3684 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Asa and Azhar both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Asa
Popularity journey
First recorded1975
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1975–2022
Highest recorded position: #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1975–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Azhar
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #655 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3684 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys