Fun Facts About the Name Aasiyah
- 651 babies named Aasiyah: U.S. records list 651 babies given the name Aasiyah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aasiyah Mean?
Aasiyah is an Arabic name, usually written Asiya or Asiyah and spelled in Arabic as آسية. It is most often explained as "comfort," "consolation," or "one who consoles," from the Arabic root ʾ-s-y (أ س ي), whose verb asā means "to heal, to mend, to console." The same root also carries the sense "to grieve, to mourn," which is why some writers gloss the name as "pensive" or "sorrowful." The "comfort" reading is the one most commonly given, but the two senses sit close together in the root.
The word آسية also functions in Arabic as an ordinary noun meaning "myrtle" and "a supporting pillar or column." It is not certain whether either of those senses lies behind the personal name; they are separate meanings of the same word rather than a secure part of the name's origin.
Aasiyah Name History & Origins
The name is closely tied to Asiya bint Muzahim, the wife of Pharaoh in Islamic tradition. The Quran refers to the wife of Pharaoh as an example of faith (66:11) and describes her as a comfort to her household (28:9), but it does not give her name. The name Asiya belongs to later Islamic tradition, which identifies her as the woman who took the infant Moses into the palace and who later declared her belief in God and was killed for it. In that tradition she is honored as one of the greatest women of faith and is named alongside Mary.
The Aasiyah spelling is one of several transliterations of the same Arabic name; the doubled a stands for the long vowel of آسية. The name has traditionally been used by Muslim families and appears in Arabic-speaking countries and in Muslim communities in other regions.
How Popular is the Name Aasiyah?
Aasiyah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #3,923 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,411 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #3,949 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2023 | #5,955 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,978 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,570 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #4,652 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,887 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #4,303 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2015 | #6,238 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #8,636 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #5,725 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #5,601 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #5,710 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #5,281 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #7,093 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #6,000 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,388 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #4,766 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #5,365 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #8,539 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #9,482 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #10,123 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #13,390 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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