Asiyah — #2087 US unisex name
1,663 babies named Asiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Asiyah was born in this single decade.
99 babies were named Asiyah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,663 babies named Asiyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asiyah currently holds the #2087 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 99 babies received it in a single year. Asiyah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 156 additional births since 2008.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 767 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Asiyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 243 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Asiyah in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asiyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,663 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Asiyah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Asiyah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2023)
- 99
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #2087 among girls.
1,663 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 99 births in a single year.
Asiyah popularity over time — boys
156 total births recorded since 2008 (Asiyah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Asiyah accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Asiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 767 births that decade — 46% of Asiyah's all-time total
Asiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 767 births
- Runner-up 435 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Asiyah's strongest decade
767 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Asiyah by state
Where Asiyah concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 243 | 14.6% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 127 | 7.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 125 | 7.5% |
| #4 | California | | 79 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 49 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 37 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 26 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 22 | 1.3% |
243 of 1,663 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 14.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.6% of nationwide
- New York 7.5% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 14.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Asiyah appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.