Aseda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SEH-da
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Aseda is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “thanksgiving, gratitude”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Aseda mean?
Akan: Twi word name
“thanksgiving, gratitude”
From the Twi word aseda, 'thanks, gratitude', often given in thanks to God for a child.
Is Aseda a girl's or a boy's name?
Aseda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aseda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Aseda, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Aseda of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Aseda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
Names like Aseda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha, Amira, Ayra, Safa, Ayah, Khadija, Ayla, Hafsa, Hiba, Amayra, Nusaybah, Halima
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Kwame, Ohemaa, Akosua, Obrempong, Ama, Kwabena, Akua, Kwaku, Nhyira, Abena, Kwadwo, Adom
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aseda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aseda, updated 20 October 2026.