Fun Facts About the Name Asiel
- 871 babies named Asiel: U.S. records list 871 babies given the name Asiel from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 girls received the name Asiel - about 1 girl for every 144 boys.
What Does the Name Asiel Mean?
Asiel is a Hebrew name meaning "Work of God." It comes from the Hebrew עֲשִׂיאֵל (Asi'el), a compound name formed with אֵל (El), "God." The first element is usually connected with the root עָשָׂה (asah), "to make, do," which gives the sense "work of God" or, in some reference works, "made by God" or "God has made." The exact grammatical form of that first element is not certain, but the divine element El is clear.
Asiel Name History & Origins
In the Hebrew Bible the name is written עֲשִׂיאֵל, beginning with the letter ayin. It appears in 1 Chronicles 4:35, in a genealogy of the tribe of Simeon: "and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel." The context is a tribal list rather than a story, and the biblical Asiel is known only as an ancestor in that line. The name belongs to a common Hebrew type: a compound personal name ending in אֵל (El), "God." Later Greek and Latin translations of the Bible transliterated the Hebrew name, and English Bibles such as the King James Version use the form Asiel. The name has remained rare in English and has no large family of variants.
How Popular is the Name Asiel?
Asiel has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,146 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | #15,195 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,484 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| 2024 | #2,785 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #2,146 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2022 | #2,269 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 2021 | #2,441 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2020 | #2,849 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2019 | #2,769 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2018 | #3,535 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2017 | #2,320 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #2,212 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2015 | #3,235 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #3,792 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #3,763 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #4,257 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #5,217 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #6,725 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #3,557 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #4,552 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #3,515 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #5,325 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,056 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #7,577 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #5,905 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #7,705 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #5,699 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #5,953 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #6,075 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #9,738 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,207 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #6,541 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,198 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #7,994 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Asiel Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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