Asya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “melancholic.” In 2024 it was given to 51 girls in the United States.
Asya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “melancholic” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Asiya.
In the United States, Asya first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1587 in 2001, and in 2024 51 babies received the name — 2,204 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Asya means “melancholic” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Asya is a girl name. In 2024, 51 babies received the name in the US.
Asya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Asiya.
Asya first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #1587 in 2001, and 51 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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