Unisex name · since 1992
Asyah
254 babies named Asyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 254
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asyah is the #12364 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 254 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Asyah recorded 254 times among girls since 1992, holding rank #12364 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #17,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,364 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 254 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asyah ranks #17,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,364 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 254 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,364 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 254
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Asyah's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Asyah compares
254 42nd percentile among 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
Asyah's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 254 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Asyah's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Asyah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Asyah popularity over time - boys
36 total births recorded since 2021 (Asyah as boys' name)
Asyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Asyah's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Asyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Asyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Asyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Asyah 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.