Asiyah
Feminine · “one who tends”
Asiyah is given to both — 1,763 girls and 178 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Asiyah was Pharaoh's wife who drew Moses from the water — and the Quran names her among the four perfect women of all time.
How old is the name Asiyah?
Asiyah first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Asiyah is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Asiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Asiyah most popular?
Asiyah peaked in 2025, reaching #1962 nationally. Today it ranks #1962, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From asiya to Asiyah
The story of Asiyah
Islamic tradition names Asiya as Pharaoh's wife, who adopted the infant Moses and later believed against her husband; a hadith names her among the four best women of all humanity, with Maryam, Khadija and Fatima. The Quran records her prayer for a house in paradise. The name is in current American use.
Meaningscholars disagree
one who tends, consoles
From the Arabic asiya, generally read from a root about tending, healing or consoling — one who comforts the grieving. A second reading connects it to a word for a pillar. The consoling reading is the commoner one and fits the tradition around her.
How the name formed
- asiya
- Asiyah
Related forms: آسية · Asiya · Asiye
Pronouncing Asiyah
AH-see-yah
Three syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the first vowel a longer hold.
Nicknames for Asiyah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1994
- Most girls named
- 2023100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1962reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +6.5%98 in 2025, from 92
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Asiyah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- آسية in Arabic — transliteration
- Asiya in English — spelling variant
- Asiye in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, California.
Asiyahs among us
people named Asiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,401 born in 2025 was named Asiyah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Asiyah
- #1962
- Asiyah on the 2025 chart
- #405
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Asiyah went to 98 girls in 2025, but Asiya, Aziyah and Asia and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 15 spellings went to 720, which makes it the 405th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,557 places above the chart.
and 7 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 2,232 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 16,401 for Asiyah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lindsie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Asiyah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lindsie climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lindsie's path sketches the road Asiyah is walking now.
Asiyah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Asiyah is headed
Asiyah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Asiyah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Asiyah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One of the four women a hadith names as the best of all humanity carries it.
- The consoling meaning is transparent and unusually warm.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The reading is the commoner one rather than a settled one.
- Asiya without the h is an equally established spelling.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Asiyahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Asiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Asiyah?
- Asiyah is one of 8 recorded spellings. Asiya is the more common one — 187 births in 2025 against 98 for Asiyah.
- How popular is the name Asiyah in 2025?
- Asiyah ranks #1962 among US girl names in 2025, with 98 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Asiyah?
- About 1 in every 16,401 US girls born in 2025 was named Asiyah — 98 in all.
- Will my child share the name Asiyah with classmates?
- Asiyah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Asiyah
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