Asia

Girl English #1625 in 2023

Asia is a girl name of English origin.

Meaning of Asia

A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius. From Asia, Asie, from Asie and Asia, from Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ, from 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, in turn probably from 𒀸𒋗𒉿 of uncertain origin. Potentially from an Aegean language family substrate or -.

Popularity of Asia

Popularity, 1945–2023

128 births in 2023

1945 2023

32,284 U.S. births recorded from 1945–2023.

Peak year

1997

1,532 babies

First recorded

1945

78 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.