Asad

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Asad: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Asad: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #366 in 1999, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#366highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#450
1997	#476
1998	#424
1999	#366
2000	#436
2001	#410
2002	#481
2003	#469
2004	#510
2005	#525
2006	#688
2007	#865
2008	#789
2009	#904
2010	#1483
2011	#1087
2012	#1270
2013	#1796
2014	#1117
2015	#1236
2016	#1804
2017	#1812
2018	#1875
2019	#1439
2020	#1150
2021	#1218
2022	#1366
2023	#1272
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #450 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #366 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Asad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Asad in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	195	4 of 10	49
2000sbusiest	437	10 of 10	44
2010s	172	10 of 10	17
2020s	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Asad appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #366 in England and Wales in 1999.

Asad's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1366	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#688	39	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#525	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#469	52	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#410	55	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#436	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#366	62	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#424	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#476	40	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#450	43	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #366, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,282position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
62births registered in its largest year, 199950 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Asim · #364, 29y
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Rajan · #359, 29y
Sabah · #359, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Karly · #366, 22y
Mayah · #366, 24y
Yvie · #366, 19y
Aliya · #367, 30y

Asad was ranked #366 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Asad and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Asad without appearing here.

Asad moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1150 and #2076.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1366 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #2160.
Wayne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #2266.
Graham Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1796 and #1796 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1117 and #1819.

Moved ahead of Asad

Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #904 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #668.
Fionn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #904 and #1175 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #1082.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1218 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1366 and #967.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #688 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #865 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Asad

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Asad

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asad went from #450 to #1282 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #366 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Asad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Asad at a glance

Asad by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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