Assia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-see-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Assia is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Assia mean?
Arabic: French-influenced spelling of Asiya
Asiya, wife of Pharaoh, is honoured in Islam as one of the best of women; Assia Djebar was an Algerian novelist.
Is Assia a girl's or a boy's name?
Assia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Assia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Assia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Assia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Assia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Assia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safia Aliya Afia Aaliya Aalia Amina Safa Humaira Habiba Areeba Aaminah
Names related to Assia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Assia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/assia, updated 20 October 2026.