Asta
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning variant of Astrid or Astra; star.
Asta by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Asta. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Astrid
Like Asta, each of these traces back to Astrid: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a star
Like Asta, each of these has a star in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Stellastar5,038 in the US (2017)
- Novanew; a brightening star650 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Estherstar333 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Asta
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