Asan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Asan by the numbers

Asan was given to 7 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 Asan

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 Asan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
  • Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
  • Asaphysician, healer659 in the US (2017)
  • Ayangift or blessing255 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aslanlion62 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amansecurity or peace23 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Asan

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

  • Ahsanmost beautiful, most excellent16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ghassanyouth or generosity8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aasona form of Aaron; mountain of strength9 in the US (2017)
  • Acen53 in the US (2017)
  • Ayson48 in the US (2017)
  • Aycen30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Asan

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