Asja — #15820 US girls' name
362 babies named Asja in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Asja was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Asja in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asja
The Social Security Administration has registered 362 babies named Asja between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asja currently holds the #15820 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asja performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Asja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asja 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 362 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.
Asja at a glance
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Current rank
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Asja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (1999)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #15820 among girls.
362 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 26 births in a single year.
Asja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 144 births that decade — 40% of Asja's all-time total
Asja decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Asja's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.