as a First Name
Modern name, usually chosen with reference to the continent of Asia. The name of this is from Greek, of uncertain ultimate origin; it may derive from an Assyrian element asu ‘east’. The given name may also sometimes be a shortened form of a name ending in these letters, such as Aspasia.
| 2,012th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,596
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 27,554
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Asia per capita
- 1997
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
0%
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55+
3%
30-54
30-54
29%
13-29
13-29
68%
0-12
0-12
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