girls:
32.3k births since 1945
#783 (86th percentile)
boys:
196 births since 1970
#4390 (4th percentile)
overall:
32.5k births since 1945
#1407 (82nd percentile)
The name Asia is the #1,407 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,477 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 81.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #783 (86.3% percentile) for all time with 32,281 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,390 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 196 births since 1970.
Asia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Asia is available in 65 out of the 79 years between 1945 and 2023 (65 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Asia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Asia reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 78.0% percentile (ranked #191) with 802 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 802 births per million (ranked 78.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Asia ranks #824 for girls (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million, which is 9.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Asia reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #740) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 9 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Asia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Asia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.1% confident that Asia is pronounced as AY-zhuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-shuh, at 33.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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