Asan
Asan is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It borders the Seoul Capital Area to the north. Asan has a population of approximately 400,000.
Meaning & Origin of Asan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Asan is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It borders the Seoul Capital Area to the north. Asan has a population of approximately 400,000.
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The Story of Asan
Asan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1995, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 16 Asans were born — ranking #5,664 that year. As of 2026, Asan ranks #6,779 for baby boys with 11 births, rising sharply (+40% over the past five years). In total, more than 129 Asans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Asan
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- An Gyeong-ja (born 1950), volleyball player
- An Hye-jin (1998), volleyball player
- Bok Geo-il (born 1946), novelist and poet
- Seung-Hui Cho (1984–2007), perpetrator of the Virginia Tech shooting
- Queen Inseon (1619–1674), queen consort
- Jang Dong-min (born 1979), comedian
- Da Un Jung (born 1993), mixed martial artist
- Lee O-young (1934–2022), critic and novelist
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Names that sound like Asan
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About the name Asan
Asan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 129 births in the dataset. Asan's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #5,664. Use the chart and map above to compare Asan'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 .
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