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Asai

Meaning
Shallow well
Origin
Japanese — From Japanese asai

Boy's name · #2081 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Asai is a new arrival: it first appears in US records in 2012, and every one of the roughly 330 boys who carry it was born since. In 2025 it ranked #2081, with about 70 newborns.

Across the states

In recent years, Asai ran 5–6× its national rate in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Azai (#809), Asai would rank around #710 with about 380 births last year — the newborns split about 81/19 between Azai and Asai.

Similar names: Azai · Sekai · Asad · Jahsai · Rumi · Kasai

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