Asai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Asai by the numbers

Asai was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Asai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Asaphysician, healer659 in the US (2017)
  • Asadlion32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Azaistrength of the lord; a biblical name16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amaimy people3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asafgatherer or one who gathers13 in the US (2017)
  • Asahimorning sun12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Asai

Names that are said the same way as Asai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aysa12 in the US (2017)
  • Aisa8 in the US (2017)
  • Asah7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Asai

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