Asma

Asma was the #1,611 girls' name in the US in 2025 (129 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Asma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Asma 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Asma 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,611 (129)#650 (59)——#708 (42)
2024#1,810 (111)#666 (58)#541 (5)#898 (3)#993 (27)
2023#1,792 (113)#754 (47)——#958 (27)
2022#1,918 (104)#1,142 (29)#760 (3)—#819 (33)
2021#2,440 (73)#957 (36)——#1,185 (21)
2020#2,317 (76)#853 (42)——#851 (32)
2019#2,140 (87)#955 (37)——#807 (35)
2018#2,059 (94)#815 (46)—#568 (6)#736 (39)
2017#1,902 (106)#740 (54)——#816 (34)
2016#1,908 (105)#881 (42)——#765 (37)
2015#2,088 (93)#735 (53)——#727 (39)
2014#2,351 (78)#802 (48)——#731 (38)
2013#2,568 (69)#652 (62)——#1,021 (25)
2012#2,734 (64)#690 (60)——#660 (44)
2011#2,695 (65)#673 (58)——#758 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,611.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Asma is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #262MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: 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: #936VAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Asma (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#67518
Quebec2025#7745

Asma (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
AsmaCanadaGirls#70842
AsmaEngland & WalesGirls#65059
AsmaIrelandGirls—too few
AsmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AsmaScotlandGirls—too few
AsmaUSGirls#1,611129