Asya

Where Asya comes from

Borrowed from Russian Ася (Asja), informal pet form of Анастасия (Anastasija, “Ann”)).
— Wiktionary's entry for Asya
  • Russian
  • Vowel-ended
Asya through the years
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #7,680 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Peak, #1,585
    117 babies named Asya, the most in any year.
  3. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,329.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Russian, of modern usage.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.