# Asia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/asia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “northwest anatolia” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.ʒə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,687 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 196 / 32,491 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,109, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/, “northwest Anatolia”) of uncertain origin. Potentially from an Aegean language family substrate or Akkadian. Possibly a doublet of Assuwa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 436 | 653 |
| 2012 | 341 | 792 |
| 2013 | 371 | 736 |
| 2014 | 346 | 807 |
| 2015 | 306 | 901 |
| 2016 | 230 | 1,108 |
| 2017 | 253 | 1,026 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,263 |
| 2019 | 173 | 1,320 |
| 2020 | 154 | 1,419 |
| 2021 | 147 | 1,461 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,591 |
| 2023 | 129 | 1,615 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,683 |
| 2025 | 84 | 2,197 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10 | 5,020 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,124 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,491 |
| 1993 | 9 | 5,796 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,422 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7,868 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,198 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,661 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5,496 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,205 |
| 2000 | 9 | 6,892 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,408 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,034 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,362 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,526 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 776 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 31 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 37 | 975 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,164 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 39 | 899 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Asia

- Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
- Asia Nitollano, American musician
- Asia Vieira, Canadian actress
- Asia Hogan-Rochester, Canadian rugby sevens player
- Asia Taylor, American basketball player (born 1991)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.