Girls' name · since 1989
Asjah
200 babies named Asjah in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asjah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 200 have been recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asjah has been recorded 200 times among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2010.
- #19,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asjah ranks #19,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asjah's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Asjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Asjah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Asjah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2010
- Peak year (2003)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2010.
200 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 24 births in a single year.
Asjah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (122 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Asjah's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Asjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 122 births (61% of all-time use).
Asjah decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Asjah's data
- Asjah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Asjah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1989–2010 (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 Asjah 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.
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