Asia
#2,194 for girls in 2025, 84 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 1,532 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,491since 1945
Asia over time
Rank among girls' names. Asia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,194 | 84 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,681 | 121 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,614 | 129 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,590 | 133 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,460 | 147 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,418 | 154 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,319 | 173 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,262 | 183 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,025 | 253 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,108 | 230 | — | |
| 2015 | #901 | 306 | — | |
| 2014 | #807 | 346 | — | |
| 2013 | #736 | 371 | — | |
| 2012 | #792 | 341 | — | |
| 2011 | #653 | 436 | — | |
| 2010 | #532 | 551 | — | |
| 2009 | #474 | 655 | — | |
| 2008 | #385 | 839 | — | |
| 2007 | #323 | 1,029 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #332 | 1,002 | — | |
| 2005 | #285 | 1,162 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #245 | 1,298 | — | |
| 2003 | #238 | 1,369 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #266 | 1,190 | — | |
| 2001 | #252 | 1,268 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #221 | 1,423 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #227 | 1,417 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #206 | 1,509 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #195 | 1,532 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #200 | 1,447 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #219 | 1,290 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #234 | 1,212 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #247 | 1,121 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #252 | 1,108 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #255 | 1,098 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #300 | 922 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #311 | 813 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #412 | 565 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #522 | 390 | — | |
| 1986 | #531 | 384 | — | |
| 1985 | #592 | 328 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #571 | 322 | — | |
| 1983 | #558 | 326 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #743 | 226 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #866 | 179 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 | — | |
| 1979 | #894 | 167 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,069 | 124 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #1,074 | 109 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
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| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Asia! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Asia is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#40 · 1 in 156
- Louisiana#76 · 1 in 350
- Mississippi#79 · 1 in 358
- Maryland#92 · 1 in 399
- Alabama#103 · 1 in 479
Best ever in a state: #25 in District of Columbia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #40 | 22 | 1 in 156 |
| Louisiana | #76 | 63 | 1 in 350 |
| Mississippi | #79 | 33 | 1 in 358 |
| Maryland | #92 | 60 | 1 in 399 |
| Alabama | #103 | 44 | 1 in 479 |
| North Carolina | #117 | 75 | 1 in 567 |
| South Carolina | #121 | 31 | 1 in 547 |
| Georgia | #131 | 71 | 1 in 644 |
| Michigan | #141 | 77 | 1 in 666 |
| Arkansas | #145 | 20 | 1 in 589 |
| Tennessee | #146 | 45 | 1 in 680 |
| Hawaii | #152 | 7 | 1 in 498 |
| Virginia | #153 | 48 | 1 in 716 |
| Missouri | #166 | 38 | 1 in 770 |
| Delaware | #172 | 5 | 1 in 621 |
| Oklahoma | #184 | 22 | 1 in 758 |
| Florida | #202 | 73 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Indiana | #212 | 32 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Ohio | #215 | 54 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Illinois | #220 | 66 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Wisconsin | #227 | 22 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Connecticut | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,096 |
| West Virginia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Pennsylvania | #246 | 44 | 1 in 1,317 |
| New York | #250 | 75 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Texas | #283 | 101 | 1 in 1,458 |
| Colorado | #311 | 16 | 1 in 1,441 |
| New Jersey | #315 | 23 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Minnesota | #323 | 14 | 1 in 1,784 |
| Massachusetts | #336 | 15 | 1 in 2,091 |
| Kentucky | #354 | 10 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Kansas | #355 | 8 | 1 in 1,640 |
| California | #375 | 108 | 1 in 2,028 |
| Washington | #395 | 15 | 1 in 1,948 |
| Arizona | #418 | 15 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Nevada | #428 | 5 | 1 in 1,845 |
| Utah | #516 | 6 | 1 in 2,768 |
| Oregon | #525 | 6 | 1 in 2,719 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Asia
- 513 spots since 2024 (#1,681 → #2,194)
- 776 spots since 2020 (#1,418 → #2,194)
- 1,293 spots since 2015 (#901 → #2,194)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1983 (#743 → #558)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 2016 (#901 → #1,108)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1997 at #195 (1,532 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1979–2015
- Highest: 1 in 1,136 girls born in 1997 were named Asia (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,134 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 39.0% of all girls named Asia (12,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,025 (1945) | #4,634 |
| 1950s | 13 | #4,625 (1959) | #5,289 |
| 1960s | 88 | #2,704 (1969) | #4,113 |
| 1970s | 838 | #894 (1979) | #1,451 |
| 1980s | 3,692 | #311 (1989) | #605 |
| 1990s | 12,656 | #195 (1997) | #234 |
| 2000s | 11,235 | #221 (2000) | #302 |
| 2010s | 3,190 | #532 (2010) | #914 |
| 2020s | 768 | #1,418 (2020) | #1,660 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Asia in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,252 of them was named Asia, which outranked 98.7% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 240,019 of them was named Asia, which outranked 38.5% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).