Girls' name · since 1974
Asya
2,249 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.
- #4,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,411 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,249
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asya currently ranks #3411 among girls' names in America, with 2,249 babies recorded since 1974.
Asya has 2,249 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3411 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #4,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,411 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,249 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asya ranks #4,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,411 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,249 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,411 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,249
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asya's 2,249 recorded births place it above 93.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Asya compares
2,249 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Asya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,249 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 117 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Asya's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 117, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Asya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 117
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Asya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (736 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Asya's strongest decade.
736 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Asya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 64
1970s
64 births
- 1980s 222
1980s
222 births
- 1990s
1990s
624 births
- 2000s
2000s
736 births
- 2010s
2010s
354 births
- 2020s 249
2020s
249 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 736 births (33% of all-time use).
How Asya 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 Asya's total volume
Asya by state
Where Asya concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 111 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 99 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 82 | 3.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 61 | 2.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 47 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 46 | 2.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 32 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 30 | 1.3% |
111 of 2,249 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Asya appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Asya's data
- Asya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (736 total births) through the 2020s (249) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Asyas (111 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Asya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Asya 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.