Asmaa
A feminine name of Arabic origin meaning "sublime" or "highness".
Name Census estimates that about 916 living Americans carry the first name Asmaa. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Asmaa today is around 19 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Asmaa births was 2013 (48 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Asmaa. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Asmaa with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
916
~ 1 in 374,186 Americans
Peak year
2013
48 babies that year
Average age
19
years old
2024 SSA rank
#6,947
Tracked since 1979
Census
Asmaa in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,020 people with the first name Asmaa, which placed it at #7,523 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#7,523
National first-name rank
People counted
2.0K
2,020 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
74.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Asmaa
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Asmaa is White at 74.1%. The next largest groups are Black (14.0%) and Two or More Races (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Asmaa described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Asmaa at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White74.1% · 1,497
- Black or African American14.0% · 282
- Two or more races6.2% · 125
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.8% · 97
- Hispanic or Latino0.9% · 19
Popularity
Asmaa: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Asmaa from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 320 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Asmaa remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Asmaa by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Asmaa during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Asmaas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. New York, Minnesota, California recorded the most babies named Asmaa, while Michigan, Pennsylvania, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 25 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Asmaa
The name Asmaa has its origins in the Arabic language. It is believed to have derived from the Arabic word "sama" which means "elevated" or "sublime." The name can be traced back to the 7th century and the early days of Islam.
Asmaa was one of the names of the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, Asmaa bint Yazid. She was a companion of the Prophet and is known for her devotion and sacrifice in the early years of Islam. The name is mentioned in several Islamic texts and historical records from that period.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Asmaa is from the 7th century. Asmaa bint Abu Bakr was the daughter of Abu Bakr, the first Caliph of Islam, and a close companion of the Prophet Muhammad. She is remembered for her bravery and her role in the early Muslim community.
In the 12th century, Asmaa bint Shihab al-Sunji was a renowned poet and scholar from Andalusia (modern-day Spain). She was known for her contributions to Arabic literature and her mastery of various disciplines, including poetry, grammar, and hadith.
Asmaa al-Ghudayya was a 13th-century Sufi mystic and poet from Damascus, Syria. She is remembered for her spiritual poetry and her teachings on the mystical path of Islam.
Asmaa bint al-Aziz was a 16th-century Egyptian scholar and philanthropist. She was known for her extensive knowledge of Islamic sciences and her contributions to the education and welfare of women in her time.
Asmaa Jama Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician and the wife of Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. She played a significant role in the country's independence movement and served as a member of the Ghanaian Parliament in the 1960s.
People
Asmaa + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Asmaa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Asmaa: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Asmaa?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 916 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Asmaa going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 374,186 US residents.
Is Asmaa a common name?
We classify Asmaa as "Very Rare". It ranks above 89.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 932 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Asmaa most popular?
The single biggest year for Asmaa was 2013, when 48 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Asmaa is about 19 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Asmaa in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,020 people with the name Asmaa, or 0.67 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #7,523 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Asmaa in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Asmaa?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Asmaa appears almost entirely female. Of the 2,018 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Asmaa?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Asmaa is White at 74.1%. The next largest groups are Black (14.0%) and Two or More Races (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Asmaa most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Asmaa in the 2020 Census, accounting for 74.1% (1,497 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Asmaa in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Asmaa a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Asmaa in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Asmaa still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Asmaa in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Asmaa can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Asmaa?
You can see how many Americans are named Asmaa on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.