# Asya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/asya/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | “ann” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,249 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,249 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 511, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ася (Asja), informal pet form of Анастасия (Anastasija, “Ann”)).

## 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 | 36 | 4,080 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,417 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,437 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,115 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,601 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,439 |
| 2017 | 53 | 3,057 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,467 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,800 |
| 2020 | 27 | 4,769 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,107 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,223 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3,189 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,127 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,401 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,296 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,180 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## People named Asya

- Asya Branch, American beauty pageant titleholder
- Alisia, Bulgarian singer

## 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.