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

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Peak · girls
1997 · 1,532 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
32,491
since 1945

Asia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Asia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #195, 1997girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,19484
2024#1,681121
2023#1,614129
2022#1,590133
2021#1,460147
2020#1,418154
2019#1,319173
2018#1,262183
2017#1,025253
2016#1,108230
2015#901306
2014#807346
2013#736371
2012#792341
2011#653436
2010#532551
2009#474655
2008#385839
2007#3231,029#12,3675
2006#3321,002
2005#2851,162#8,2998
2004#2451,298
2003#2381,369#10,8945
2002#2661,190
2001#2521,268#8,3397
2000#2211,423#6,8399
1999#2271,417#7,1398
1998#2061,509#5,46611
1997#1951,532#6,6188
1996#2001,447#7,1367
1995#2191,290#7,7926
1994#2341,212#6,3728
1993#2471,121#5,7719
1992#2521,108#7,4226
1991#2551,098#5,09610
1990#300922#4,99310
1989#311813#3,20518
1988#412565#5,7517
1987#522390
1986#531384
1985#592328#3,59912
1984#571322
1983#558326#4,4998
1982#743226#5,6196
1981#866179#6,2625
1980#939159
1979#894167
1978#1,069124#5,0596
1977#1,24796
1976#1,34380#5,5875
1975#1,074109
1974#1,38674
1973#1,47864
1972#1,85645#3,9637
1971#2,00142
1970#2,16037#4,7245
1969#2,70424
1968#3,16917
1967#4,05311
1966#5,8096
1965#4,8318
1964#3,69213
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First appearance
1945

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.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1997 at #195 (1,532 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1979–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,136
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 39.0% of all girls named Asia (12,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s11#4,025 (1945)#4,634
1950s13#4,625 (1959)#5,289
1960s88#2,704 (1969)#4,113
1970s838#894 (1979)#1,451
1980s3,692#311 (1989)#605
1990s12,656#195 (1997)#234
2000s11,235#221 (2000)#302
2010s3,190#532 (2010)#914
2020s768#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 1978

girls
#1,069
124 births · 1 in 12,354 girls
boys
#5,059
6 births · 1 in 273,640 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #1,069Asia124

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #5,059Asia6
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 12,354 of them was named Asia, which outranked 90.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asia
  1. #1,063Roxanna125
  2. #1,063Ryann125
  3. #1,063Samara125
  4. #1,069Asia124
  5. #1,069Nichelle124
  6. #1,069Sharee124
  7. #1,072Clare123
  8. #1,072Danyelle123
  9. #1,072Jeremy123

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Asia, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asia
  1. #4,554Zeth7
  2. #4,554Ziad7
  3. #4,554Zubin7
  4. #5,059Asia6
  5. #5,059Aamir6
  6. #5,059Aaren6
  7. #5,059Abdel6
  8. #5,772Aalon5
  9. #5,772Aaraon5
  10. #5,772Abbas5

Tied with 712 names at #5,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978