Asia

Girl name

Asia has been given to 32,687 babies in the U.S. since 1945. It peaked in 1997.

Meaning & origin /ˈeɪ.ʒə/

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.

Origin: place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

32,687

Peak year

1997 (1,540 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1945

10-year trend

▼ -73%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Famous people named Asia

Asia Argento

Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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