Asta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AS-ta
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Asta is a girls' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Asta mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian girls' name; boys' use probably from the anime Black Clover
Asta is the hero of the Japanese manga and anime Black Clover; in Scandinavia Asta is a girls' name.
Is Asta a girl's or a boy's name?
Asta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 27 girls and 44 boys in the US.
How popular is Asta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Asta, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Asta than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Asta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Asta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Asta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Asta, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. It first appears in the records in 2020. 27 girls were also named Asta in 2025 (4,877th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Asta of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the boys named Asta in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 38% of the babies named Asta in the US were girls.
Asta in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
Names like Asta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla Ava Ayra Alba Ada Safa Arabella Luna Isla Bella Amira Amara
Names related to Asta
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
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, “Asta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asta, updated 20 October 2026.