Girls' name · since 1999
Asijah
Asijah has 55 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asijah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asijah has been recorded 55 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2009.
- #33,810 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asijah ranks #33,810 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asijah's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Asijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asijah's full recorded timeline at 2003, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2009
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Asijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 82% of the file).
2000s was Asijah's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Asijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (82% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Asijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1999–2009 (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 Asijah 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.