Unisex name · since 1989
Asian
16 babies named Asian in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Asian sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Asian recorded 16 times among girls since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1993.
- #48,425 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asian ranks #48,425 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #48,425 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Asian's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Asian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Asian splits its recorded history at 1991: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Asian popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1993
- Peak year (1991)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Asian popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1994 (Asian as boys' name)
Asian by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Asian's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Asian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 1989–1993 (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 Asian 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.