Girls' name · since 1978
Asra
530 babies named Asra in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 530
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asra is the #3415 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 530 recorded since 1978.
Asra has 530 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3415 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #11,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,415 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 530 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asra ranks #11,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,415 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 530 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 530
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asra's 530 recorded births place it above 84.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Asra compares
530 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Asra's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 530 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Asra's full recorded timeline at 2009, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 71 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Asra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Asra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (281 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Asra's strongest decade.
281 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Asra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 57
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s
2020s
281 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 281 births (53% of all-time use).
How Asra 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 Asra's total volume
Asra by state
Where Asra concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 105 | 19.8% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 32 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Washington | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 6 | 1.1% |
105 of 530 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Asra's data
- California records the most Asras (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Asra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Asra 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.