Asya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AS-ya
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Asya is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
Where does Asya come from?
Slavic: Turkish for 'Asia'; also a Russian pet form of Anastasia
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Is Asya a girl's or a boy's name?
Asya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Asya, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Asya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Asya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
How popular is Asya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Asya, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Asya in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,279 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,584 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,701 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 65 | #2,078 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Asya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Arya Aavya Aarya Aadhya Prisha Navya Anaya Aanya Avneet Anvi Kavya
Names related to Asya
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
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, “Asya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asya, updated 20 October 2026.