Asar

#12,192 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Osiris

Asar has been given to 177 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #12,192 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Asar, 2025

1 in 663,000

Asar over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Asar: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Osiris

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Asar means

Asar is a form of Osiris.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Asar is used in Egyptian Mythology (Hypothetical).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Asar → Osiris. The family’s proposed meaning is “mighty or eye”, recorded in the naming reference for Osiris.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Osiris.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 177 boys were recorded with the name Asar between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2016; its best national rank was #5,141 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,001 in 2020 to #12,192 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,776 in 2015 to #12,192 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Asar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,192; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Asar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Asar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Asars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Asar was born before 2018 — so the typical Asar is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 49.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 177; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 49.7% of all recorded uses (88).

Is Asar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −5,324; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −6,191; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,416; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.83×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 27.8%; Peak was 2016 (18)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,141; 2016

Spellings of Asar

Asar is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 29.9% against Asar's <0.01%.

Adam29.9%580,378
Alan18.7%363,313
Oscar11.0%213,098
Sam6.6%127,234
Asher5.7%111,227
Omar5.5%106,438
Cesar4.1%78,824
Amir2.9%55,747

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Asar around the world

Where Asar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2010–2010
#4,678
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Asar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,192
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 6,191
Best rank ever: #5,141; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 18 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 177
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Asar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Asan Asai Asaf Asahi Asaan Asaun Asah Asahn Asani Asaph Asahd Asahel Ansar Asaad Asaya Asad Ausar Asafe Asael Asayah Asante Munasar Asanti Asaias

Sibling names for Asar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydni Shyann Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Halie Kendyl Jacquelin

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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