Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asuka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 0 boys · 109 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 395 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asuka’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Asuka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 希望華. In Japanese usage, Asuka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛朱佳.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Asuka
- Asuka CambridgeJamaican-Japanese sprinter (1993 - )
- Asuka TateishiJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Asuka SaitōJapanese female talent and fashion model (1998-)
- Asuka FukudaJapanese singer and dancerborn 1984
- Asuka KuramochiJapanese female talent, television presenterborn 1989
- Asuka HinoiJapanese singerborn 1991
- Asuka NishiJapanese voice actress (born 1988)
- Asuka TaniiJapanese voice actressborn 1978
- Asuka HachisukaJapanese biathleteborn 1992
Characters named Asuka: Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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