Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Asia

#793 most common girls' name of all time · #1,437 across all names · 1% boys / 99% girls · used 1945–2025

Rank among girls
#793
Rank overall
#1,437 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
32,687
Since 2016
1,607
Peak year
1997 #195
Best rank
#195 1997
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Girls Boys peak 1,540/yr
1960198020002020

Asia first appears in 1945. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 84 — 84 #2,199
2024 121 — 121 #1,686
2023 129 — 129 #1,622
2022 133 — 133 #1,593
2021 147 — 147 #1,464
2020 154 — 154 #1,420
2019 173 — 173 #1,322
2018 183 — 183 #1,266
2017 253 — 253 #1,025
2016 230 — 230 #1,108
2015 306 — 306 #902
2014 346 — 346 #807
2013 371 — 371 #736
2012 341 — 341 #792
2011 436 — 436 #653
2010 551 — 551 #533
2009 655 — 655 #474
2008 839 — 839 #385
2007 1,029 5 1,034 #323
2006 1,002 — 1,002 #332
2005 1,162 8 1,170 #285
2004 1,298 — 1,298 #245
2003 1,369 5 1,374 #238
2002 1,190 — 1,190 #266
2001 1,268 7 1,275 #252
2000 1,423 9 1,432 #222
1999 1,417 8 1,425 #227
1998 1,509 11 1,520 #206
1997 1,532 8 1,540 #195
1996 1,447 7 1,454 #200
1995 1,290 6 1,296 #220
1994 1,212 8 1,220 #234
1993 1,121 9 1,130 #247
1992 1,108 6 1,114 #253
1991 1,098 10 1,108 #255
1990 922 10 932 #300
1989 813 18 831 #312
1988 565 7 572 #413
1987 390 — 390 #523
1986 384 — 384 #533
1985 328 12 340 #592
1984 322 — 322 #571
1983 326 8 334 #558
1982 226 6 232 #743
1981 179 5 184 #870
1980 159 — 159 #946
1979 167 — 167 #896
1978 124 6 130 #1,070
1977 96 — 96 #1,255
1976 80 5 85 #1,347
1975 109 — 109 #1,080
1974 74 — 74 #1,395
1973 64 — 64 #1,493
1972 45 7 52 #1,878
1971 42 — 42 #2,026
1970 37 5 42 #2,188
1969 24 — 24 #2,745
1968 17 — 17 #3,250
1967 11 — 11 #4,199
1966 6 — 6 #6,169
1965 8 — 8 #5,090
1964 13 — 13 #3,807
1962 9 — 9 #4,740
1959 8 — 8 #4,893
1956 5 — 5 #6,523
1948 5 — 5 #5,867
1945 6 — 6 #4,505