Asiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-see-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #478 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,211 for girls
Asiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 1,211th for girls in the US (187 babies).
What does Asiya mean?
Arabic
In Islamic tradition Asiya, wife of Pharaoh, rescued the infant Moses and is honoured as one of the best of women.
Is Asiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Asiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 187 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 478th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Asiya, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 550th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 107 girls.
Half of all the girls named Asiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 159 girls in the UK were given Asiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #321, up from #478 for this spelling alone.
- Asiya 92
- Asiyah 64
- Assiya 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 436th in England and Wales.
Asiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 71 | #595 |
| 2023 | 107 | #432 |
| 2022 | 102 | #462 |
| 2021 | 63 | #668 |
| 2020 | 80 | #550 |
| 2019 | 78 | #567 |
| 2018 | 106 | #464 |
| 2017 | 88 | #533 |
| 2016 | 80 | #579 |
| 2015 | 88 | #534 |
| 2014 | 69 | #644 |
| 2013 | 64 | #686 |
| 2012 | 62 | #713 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 44 | #833 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 31 | #1,000 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 30 | #949 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 29 | #884 |
| 2001 | 28 | #891 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Asiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 187 about 1 in 8,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 187 girls in the US were named Asiya, making it the 1,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had the most girls named Asiya of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Asiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 285 girls in the US were given Asiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #858, up from #1,211 for this spelling alone.
- Asiya 187
- Asiyah 98
Asiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #1,211 |
| 2024 | 170 | #1,341 |
| 2023 | 155 | #1,439 |
| 2022 | 158 | #1,422 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,739 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,540 |
| 2018 | 141 | #1,540 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,636 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 89 | #2,143 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Asiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Safiya, Abeeha, Ayah, Aliya, Hafsa, Zainab, Khadija, Nusaybah, Hiba
Other spellings of Asiya
Names related to Asiya
Aasiyah, Asia, Asya, Aasiya, Ayisha, Assia, Aisa, Asiah, Aziya, Aysia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asiya, updated 20 October 2026.