Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Asami isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 163
- 0 boys · 163 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,875 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +224%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,875 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a first name in 2020; 111 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asami’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Asami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜沙子. In Japanese usage, Asami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜沙美. In Japanese usage, Asami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜紗美.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 13
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Asami
- Asami SetoJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1993
- Asami KonnoJapanese announcer and former Morning Musume memberborn 1987
- Asami ImaiJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1977
- Asami MizukawaJapanese actressborn 1983
- Asami ShimodaJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1986
- Asami TanoJapanese actor and seiyūborn 1987
- Asami SanadaJapanese voice actressborn 1977
- Asami KaiJapanese actress & gravure idolborn 1987
- Asami Abesinger, actressborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.