Asim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Asim: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #364, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#364highest 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	#364
1997	#443
1998	#424
1999	#426
2000	#480
2001	#544
2002	#611
2003	#653
2004	#790
2005	#788
2006	#914
2007	#799
2008	#1457
2009	#1175
2010	#1055
2011	#1303
2012	#1086
2013	#1462
2014	#1935
2015	#1673
2016	#2175
2017	#2172
2018	#1683
2019	#2104
2020	#1825
2021	#1516
2022	#1781
2023	#1533
2024	#2921

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 #364 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: #364 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Asim 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 Asim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	208	4 of 10	52
2000sbusiest	293	10 of 10	29
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Asim 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: #364 in England and Wales in 1996.

Asim'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#799	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#426	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#424	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#443	45	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#364	62	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 #364, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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 →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
62births registered in its largest year, 199650 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.

Asad · #366, 29y
Montgomery · #362, 29y
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.

Ryanna · #364, 12y
Sulaiman · #364, 29y
Amy-Rose · #365, 23y
Anna-May · #363, 17y

Asim was ranked #364 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Asim 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 Asim without appearing here.

Asim moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #3334.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2160.
Glenn Compare
In 1998 they stood at #424 and #369 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #426 and #586.

Moved ahead of Asim

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1282.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1460.
Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1683 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #974.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #1859.

Moved the opposite way to Asim

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Asim

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asim went from #364 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #364 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Asim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Asim at a glance

Asim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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