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Asma

Asma: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“supreme; exalted”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
AZ-mah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Asma is the usual transliteration of Arabic Asmaʾ, traditionally explained as deriving from a word meaning loftier or more exalted. A well-known bearer is Asma bint Abi Bakr.

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How popular is Asma?

202433.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Asma in 2024111

2024 rank#1,811 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18802,618

Asma is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Asma

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Asma questions

What does the name Asma mean?

Asma means "supreme; exalted". It comes from Arabic. Asma is the usual transliteration of Arabic Asmaʾ, traditionally explained as deriving from a word meaning loftier or more exalted. A well-known bearer is Asma bint Abi Bakr.

Is Asma a boy or girl name?

Asma is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Asma?

111 US babies were named Asma in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Asma?

Asma is usually pronounced AZ-mah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.