Asami
Asami is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Asami
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Asami is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Asami
The earliest SSA record of Asami as a baby girl name dates back to 1988, when 8 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Asami — #5,745 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Asami on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Asami ranks #7,988 for baby girls with 12 births, rising sharply (+17% over the past five years). All told, over 170 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Asami
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Asami. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Asami
Asami is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 170 births in the dataset. Asami's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #5,745. Use the chart and map above to compare Asami's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.