Asia

Asia was the #2,194 girls' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Asia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Asia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Asia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,194 (84)#2,138 (13)——#3,044 (6)
2024#1,681 (121)#1,743 (17)——#1,710 (13)
2023#1,614 (129)#1,410 (22)——#2,604 (7)
2022#1,590 (133)#899 (39)——#3,228 (5)
2021#1,460 (147)#1,351 (23)——#2,185 (9)
2020#1,418 (154)#1,164 (28)——#1,557 (14)
2019#1,319 (173)#1,063 (32)—#871 (3)#2,374 (8)
2018#1,262 (183)#1,083 (32)——#2,151 (9)
2017#1,025 (253)#1,330 (25)——#1,382 (17)
2016#1,108 (230)#975 (37)——#1,533 (15)
2015#901 (306)#965 (37)——#1,312 (18)
2014#807 (346)#1,040 (34)—#876 (3)#1,600 (14)
2013#736 (371)#1,128 (31)#663 (4)#894 (3)#950 (28)
2012#792 (341)#887 (42)——#999 (26)
2011#653 (436)#776 (48)——#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #195.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Asia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Asia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Asia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AsiaCanadaGirls#3,0446
AsiaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
AsiaIrelandGirls—too few
AsiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AsiaScotlandGirls—too few
AsiaUSGirls#2,19484
AsiaUSBoys—too few