Asja
Girl · AH-sya · Greek
Asja is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “resurrection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Asja mean?
Greek: Slavic pet form of Anastasia
“resurrection”
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- AH-sya
Is Asja a girl's or a boy's name?
Asja is a girls' name.
How popular is Asja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Asja in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Names like Asja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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