Girls' name · since 1971
Asma
2,747 babies named Asma in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,616 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,747
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Asma currently ranks #1616 among girls' names in America, with 2,747 babies recorded since 1971.
Asma has 2,747 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1616 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #3,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,616 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,747 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asma ranks #3,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,616 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,747 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,616 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,747
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Asma's 2,747 recorded births place it above 94.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Asma compares
2,747 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asma's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 129 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asma's full recorded timeline at 1998, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 129 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 129
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Asma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (824 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Asma's strongest decade.
824 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Asma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 86
1970s
86 births
- 1980s 257
1980s
257 births
- 1990s
1990s
400 births
- 2000s
2000s
574 births
- 2010s
2010s
824 births
- 2020s
2020s
606 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 824 births (30% of all-time use).
How Asma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Asma's total volume
Asma by state
Where Asma concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 369 | 13.4% |
| #2 | California | | 259 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 203 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 110 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 102 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 98 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 90 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 43 | 1.6% |
369 of 2,747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Asma appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Asma's data
- Asma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (824 total births) through the 2020s (606) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Asmas (369 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Asma 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.