Given name
Asmaa
“one having great prestige”·“one of high status”
In French use, Asmaa has a related form in Asma. Interpretations include “one having great prestige” (Arabic) and “one of high status” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Asmaa has a related form in Asma. Interpretations include “one having great prestige” (Arabic) and “one of high status” (Arabic). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Asmaa has a related form in Asma. An origin associated with Asma is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asmaa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 952
- 0 boys · 952 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,181 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,181 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,018 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asmaa’s family of names
In French usage, Asmaa has a related form in Asma. In German usage, Asmaa has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form اسماء.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Asmaa
- Asmaa MahfouzEgyptian activistborn 1985
- Asmaa AbulyazeidEgyptian actress and singerborn 1990
- Asmaa JamesSierra Leone journalist and human rights activistborn 1950
- Asmaa RhlalouMoroccan politicianborn 1969
- Asmaa BoujibarMoroccan and French geochemistborn 1984
- Asmaa GalalEgyptian actress and modelborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.