Unisex name · since 1996
Asaiah
Asaiah has 2,075 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,236 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #773 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,075
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asaiah is the #773 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 2,075 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asaiah has been recorded 2,075 times among boys since 1996, currently ranked #773 nationally and more common than 94% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #3,236 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #773 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,075 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asaiah ranks #3,236 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #773 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,075 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,236 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #773 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,075
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asaiah's 2,075 recorded births place it above 92.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Asaiah compares
2,075 Top 22% higher than 78% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asaiah's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asaiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,075 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 331 | 34 | 22,252 |
Asaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asaiah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 331 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asaiah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 331
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Asaiah popularity over time - girls
118 total births recorded since 2001 (Asaiah as girls' name)
Asaiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,349 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Asaiah's strongest decade.
1,349 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Asaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 161
2000s
161 births
- 2010s 535
2010s
535 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,349 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,349 births (65% of all-time use).
How Asaiah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Asaiah's total volume
Asaiah by state
Where Asaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 222 | 10.7% |
| #2 | California | | 183 | 8.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 165 | 8.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 87 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 83 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 60 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 57 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 38 | 1.8% |
222 of 2,075 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Asaiah appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Asaiahs (222 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Asaiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.