Asia
Girl · AY-zha · Greek
Asia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Asia mean?
Greek: the continent; also a Polish pet form of Joanna
In Polish, Asia (said AH-sha) is the usual pet form of Joanna.
- Say it
- AY-zha
More on Wiktionary.
Is Asia a girl's or a boy's name?
Asia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Asia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 76 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Asia since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Asia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Asia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Asia 13
- Aja 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Asia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | 42 | #945 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 50 | #789 |
| 2009 | 63 | #643 |
| 2008 | 76 | #549 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 55 | #650 |
| 2005 | 48 | #698 |
| 2004 | 39 | #774 |
| 2003 | 51 | #623 |
| 2002 | 41 | #700 |
| 2001 | 45 | #642 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 49 | #598 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 33 | #755 |
How popular is Asia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Asia, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,418th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 1,532 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Asia than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Asia in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Asia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
Asia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,614 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,590 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,460 |
| 2020 | 154 | #1,418 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,319 |
| 2018 | 183 | #1,262 |
| 2017 | 253 | #1,025 |
| 2016 | 230 | #1,108 |
| 2015 | 306 | #901 |
| 2014 | 346 | #807 |
| 2013 | 371 | #736 |
| 2012 | 341 | #792 |
| 2011 | 436 | #653 |
| 2010 | 551 | #532 |
| 2009 | 655 | #474 |
| 2008 | 839 | #385 |
| 2007 | 1,029 | #323 |
| 2006 | 1,002 | #332 |
| 2005 | 1,162 | #285 |
| 2004 | 1,298 | #245 |
| 2003 | 1,369 | #238 |
| 2002 | 1,190 | #266 |
| 2001 | 1,268 | #252 |
| 2000 | 1,423 | #221 |
| 1999 | 1,417 | #227 |
| 1998 | 1,509 | #206 |
| 1997 | 1,532 | #195 |
| 1996 | 1,447 | #200 |
| 1995 | 1,290 | #219 |
| 1994 | 1,212 | #234 |
| 1993 | 1,121 | #247 |
| 1992 | 1,108 | #252 |
| 1991 | 1,098 | #255 |
| 1990 | 922 | #300 |
| 1989 | 813 | #311 |
| 1988 | 565 | #412 |
| 1987 | 390 | #522 |
| 1986 | 384 | #531 |
| 1985 | 328 | #592 |
| 1984 | 322 | #571 |
| 1983 | 326 | #558 |
| 1982 | 226 | #743 |
| 1981 | 179 | #866 |
| 1980 | 159 | #939 |
| 1979 | 167 | #894 |
| 1978 | 124 | #1,069 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,247 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,074 |
| 1974 | 74 | #1,386 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,478 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Names like Asia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Aaliyah Safa Zainab Amira Ayla Ayah Hiba Aysha Maya Hafsa Aliya
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