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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

AsyaIn Hebrew: אסיה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אַסְיָהRomanization: ásya

Asya (Hebrew: אסיה) is a girl's name of international origin. 2,097 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 42 girls and ranked #320. Its peak year was 2023, with 72 babies.

People in Israel
2,097
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
42
rank #320
Peak year
2023
72 babies
USA, 2025
45
rank #3,389

Writing and saying Asya

In Hebrew letters the name is אסיה, read right to left. Asya is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ásya" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
  • Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in western Anatolia, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
  • a female given name, Asia and Asya

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Asya by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Asya: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Asya in English-speaking countries

Asya in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202545#3,3892001 (117)
United Kingdom202521#1,5122020 (32)
England and Wales202521#1,4542020 (32)
Alberta20251#2,5382014 (3)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Asya has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Asya

How do you write Asya in Hebrew?

Asya is written אסיה in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַסְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ásya".

How many people in Israel are named Asya?

2,097 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אסיה: 2,085 women and 12 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Asya a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.4% of the people named אסיה are women.

What does the name Asya mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)"

Is Asya used outside Israel?

The name Asya appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 45 girls were given it in 2025 (#3,389), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 21 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.