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How popular is the name Asia?

Births per year, rank history and how many Asias are alive today.

Asia (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 71 babies were given the name, the 537th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Asia is one spelling of a name also recorded as Asya; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Asia you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Asias born in England and Wales are between 10 and 24, and there are at least 1,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Asia - on average, only one in every 175 such rooms contains a Asia.

How many babies are named Asia each year?

Includes all spellings: Asia, Asya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0255075200020201996: 301997: 341998: 501999: 402000: 392001: 472002: 502003: 572004: 452005: 562006: 662007: 572008: 842009: 832010: 612011: 712012: 702013: 612014: 572015: 612016: 522017: 512018: 562019: 472020: 602021: 492022: 672023: 482024: 372025: 34actual

Where does the Asia spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 7531997: ranked 8501998: ranked 5771999: ranked 7942000: ranked 7822001: ranked 6122002: ranked 6672003: ranked 5832004: ranked 7222005: ranked 6572006: ranked 6302007: ranked 7552008: ranked 5372009: ranked 6212010: ranked 7902011: ranked 7762012: ranked 8872013: ranked 1,1282014: ranked 1,0402015: ranked 9652016: ranked 9752017: ranked 1,3302018: ranked 1,0832019: ranked 1,0632020: ranked 1,1642021: ranked 1,3512022: ranked 8992023: ranked 1,4102024: ranked 1,7432025: ranked 2,138

Where does the Asya spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 1,9581998: ranked 3,1421999: ranked 1,4732000: ranked 1,6882001: ranked 2,7832002: ranked 1,7842003: ranked 2,4362004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 2,2472006: ranked 1,5852007: ranked 1,8542008: ranked 1,9142009: ranked 1,2872010: ranked 1,8152011: ranked 1,3272012: ranked 1,1842013: ranked 1,1482014: ranked 1,3672015: ranked 1,3622016: ranked 1,9202017: ranked 1,2962018: ranked 1,3432019: ranked 1,8542020: ranked 1,0442021: ranked 1,2592022: ranked 1,1802023: ranked 1,2552024: ranked 1,5412025: ranked 1,454

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Asia per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 84 in 2008
Asia: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Asia most popular?

Asia peaked in 2008, when 84 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Asia?

At least 1,800 people named Asia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Asia?

Most living Asias are between 10 and 24; the most common age is about 17.

Is Asia becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.






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