Girls' name · since 1945
Asia
32,491 babies named Asia in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,198 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,491
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asia is the #2198 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 32,491 recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asia has been recorded 32,491 times among girls since 1945, currently ranked #2198 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #799 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,198 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32,491 born since 1945
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asia ranks #799 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,198 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32,491 born since 1945, peaking in the 1990s.
- #799 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,198 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,491
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Asia's 32,491 recorded births place it above 98.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Asia compares
32,491 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Asia's all-time total is 86x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32,491 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,532 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asia's full recorded timeline at 1992, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 1,532 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 1,532
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Asia popularity over time - boys
196 total births recorded since 1970 (Asia as boys' name)
Asia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12,656 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Asia's strongest decade.
12,656 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Asia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 88
1960s
88 births
- 1970s 838
1970s
838 births
- 1980s 3,692
1980s
3,692 births
- 1990s
1990s
12,656 births
- 2000s
2000s
11,235 births
- 2010s 3,190
2010s
3,190 births
- 2020s 768
2020s
768 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12,656 births (39% of all-time use).
How Asia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Asia's total volume
Asia by state
Where Asia concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,620 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,282 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,105 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,899 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,769 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,643 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,639 | 5.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,373 | 4.2% |
2,620 of 32,491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Asia appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Asia's data
- Asia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (12,656 total births); usage has since declined to 768 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Asias (2,620 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Asia
Nearby Names Like Asia
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Asia
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Asia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Asia 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.