girl's name
Assia
ah-SEE-ah
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 22,554
France
#110
2025 births
Assia is a girl's name of Arabic origin usually read as "one who consoles," borne in Islamic tradition by the wife of Pharaoh who defied him. It ranks 110th in France and is stable in our data.
- Assia is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in France in 2014, when 1,020 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,268 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1951.
Assia over time
Births per decade in France, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 30 |
| 1960s | 100 |
| 1970s | 410 |
| 1980s | 1,035 |
| 1990s | 1,550 |
| 2000s | 5,375 |
| 2010s | 9,235 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,385 |
What Assia means
Assia is read as one who tends or consoles, from an Arabic root for treating the sick and comforting the grieving. A second reading takes it from a word meaning firm or resolute, which suits its bearer's story better than the first.
Where Assia comes from
Assia is a French spelling of the Arabic Asiya, generally derived from a root meaning to console or to tend, though some sources prefer a sense of firmness. Its bearer is Asiya bint Muzahim, the wife of Pharaoh in Islamic tradition, who takes the infant Musa from the river, raises him, and later declares her faith against her husband; she is named in the Quran in sura 66 and is counted among the four perfect women of Islam alongside Maryam, Khadija and Fatima. The name is common across the Arab world and in the Balkans as Asija. It coincides in spelling with the Russian and Italian Asia, a short form of Anastasia and separately the continent, which is unrelated, and French registers hold both Assia and Asia as distinct entries.
Assia in use
Assia ranks 110th in France with about 470 births in 2025 and is stable in our data with a peak in 2014. Our records carry it from 1951, one of the earliest Arabic names in our French series. It is very rare elsewhere — 6,737th in England and Wales, 15,390th in the United States — which makes its French standing a good measure of that country's Maghrebi community rather than of the name's international reach.
How popular is Assia?
In 2025, Assia was given to 465 babies in France, ranking #110 that year. It is a rare choice.
Where Assia is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Assia is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Assïa | Assïa is a rare spelling of Assia, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 150 times, mostly in France. | 150 |
Names that peaked alongside Assia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Assia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Assia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Assia in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Italian
- Asia
Sibling names for Assia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Assia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Assia
What does the name Assia mean?
It is usually read as "one who consoles," from an Arabic root for tending and comforting.
Who was Asiya?
The wife of Pharaoh in Islamic tradition, who raised Musa and declared her faith against her husband. She is one of the four perfect women of Islam.
Is Assia the same as Asia?
No. Asia is a short form of Anastasia and separately the continent. Our records hold them as different names.
How popular is Assia?
110th in France.
Is Assia a girl's or a boy's name?
Assia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Assia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Assia currently ranks #110 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.