Asata

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Asata by the numbers

Asata was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Asata

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asata. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Agatagood, virtuous9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Asayagod has made or created15 in the US (2017)
  • Asanaposture or pose in yoga5 in the US (2017)
  • Astavariant of Astrid or Astra; star3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Assata23 in the US (2017)
  • Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Asata

Names that are said the same way as Asata, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Asata

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