Asya — #3134 US girls' name
2,204 babies named Asya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Asya was born in this single decade.
117 babies were named Asya in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Asya
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,204 babies named Asya between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asya currently holds the #3134 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 117 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Asya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 736 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Asya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Asya in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Asya 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 2,204 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.
Asya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Asya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2001)
- 117
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #3134 among girls.
2,204 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 117 births in a single year.
Asya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 736 births that decade — 33% of Asya's all-time total
Asya decade highlights
- Peak decade 736 births
- Runner-up 624 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Asya's strongest decade
736 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Asya by state
Where Asya concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 104 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 99 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 77 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 61 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 47 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 46 | 2.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 32 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 30 | 1.4% |
104 of 2,204 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.7% of nationwide
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Asya appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2024 (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.