Assa — #16321 US girls' name
35 babies named Assa in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Assa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Assa in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Assa
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Assa between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Assa currently holds the #16321 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Assa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Assa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Assa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Assa 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 35 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.
Assa at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Assa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #16321 among girls.
35 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Assa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 51% of Assa's all-time total
Assa decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Assa's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Assa by state
Where Assa concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 14.3% |
5 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.