first name
ASIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,073 people named Asia, 64.9% reported their origin as Black, 11.2% as White and 9.5% as two or more races. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Asia peaked in 1997, when 1,540 babies got the name.
At least 32,687 babies have been given the name since 1945. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Asia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #469. The largest share of babies named Asia, 52.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Asia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Asia has been most common in District of Columbia (2.8×), Louisiana (2.3×), and Maryland (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.13×).
30,247 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Asia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Asia ranks #58,829 of 156,621, with 372 people. See Asia as a last name
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