Askari
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 286since 1993
Askari over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Askari has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
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| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
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| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
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| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five boys were named Askari! It came in at #7,638, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Askari is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Askari in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,104 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #5,208)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #5,208)
- 5,436 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2016 at #4,943 (19 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 94,893
- Highest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 were named Askari (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,943 in 2016, was only 1 in 99,881 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 35.0% of all boys named Askari (100) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34 | #6,530 (1999) | #7,380 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,904 (2006) | #8,787 |
| 2010s | 100 | #4,943 (2016) | #7,647 |
| 2020s | 89 | #5,208 (2025) | #6,087 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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