Asa
Asa is given to both girls and boys: 74 girls and 622 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,412 among girls’ names and #483 among boys’, #910 among all names counting both); 23,067 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,600 Americans named Asa and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 7 and 28.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Asa by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Asa mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Asa is “a male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.” Its etymology gives the senses “physician, doctor, healer” (אָסְיָא) and “physician, healer” (𒀀𒍪) and “healer, physician, medical doctor” (ܐܵܣܝܵܐ).
Via Late Latin Asa from Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /asû/) from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /azu/, “physician, healer”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).
/ˈeɪ.sə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Asa?
#483 among boys’ names, 2025
Asa rose from #530 in 2015 to #483 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.28 to 0.36 per 1,000.
777 babies in 2022, the peak
Asa peaked in 2022, when 777 babies were given it (685 boys, #450 among boys’ names). The 696 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 90% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 622 | #483 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 651 | #473 | 0.38 |
| 2023 | 591 | #509 | 0.35 |
| 2022 | 685 | #450 | 0.39 |
| 2021 | 594 | #495 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 574 | #506 | 0.33 |
| 2019 | 567 | #505 | 0.32 |
| 2018 | 566 | #506 | 0.31 |
| 2017 | 595 | #490 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 575 | #517 | 0.30 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 540 | #530 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 544 | #515 | 0.28 |
| 2013 | 479 | #554 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 461 | #563 | 0.24 |
| 2011 | 465 | #546 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 432 | #582 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 478 | #555 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 386 | #636 | 0.19 |
| 2007 | 398 | #619 | 0.19 |
| 2006 | 380 | #624 | 0.18 |
| 2005 | 348 | #629 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 301 | #672 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 302 | #655 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 276 | #671 | 0.14 |
| 2001 | 286 | #652 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 275 | #654 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 245 | #685 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 192 | #794 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 197 | #753 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 165 | #844 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 180 | #796 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 176 | #799 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 154 | #851 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 156 | #845 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 170 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 161 | #795 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 183 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 148 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 126 | #828 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 102 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 141 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 118 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 143 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 140 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 154 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 135 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 99 | #875 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 78 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 79 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 80 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 69 | #988 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,136 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,070 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,184 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,197 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,192 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,197 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,070 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,250 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,153 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,162 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,185 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,120 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,169 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,152 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,074 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,028 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,018 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 51 | #968 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 58 | #901 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 63 | #879 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,059 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 51 | #888 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 56 | #893 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 56 | #878 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 60 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 53 | #862 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 60 | #799 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 65 | #757 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 59 | #798 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 65 | #766 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 79 | #683 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 72 | #710 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 52 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 68 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 78 | #704 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 72 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 92 | #652 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 107 | #601 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 104 | #614 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 87 | #691 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 106 | #619 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 118 | #575 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 101 | #642 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 103 | #625 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 105 | #615 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 88 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 117 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 86 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 99 | #581 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 109 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 73 | #586 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 58 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 47 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 25 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 30 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 16 | #682 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 24 | #513 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 39 | #351 | 0.27 |
| 1906 | 17 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 22 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 24 | #433 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 26 | #381 | 0.22 |
| 1902 | 21 | #462 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 25 | #372 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 30 | #414 | 0.20 |
| 1899 | 30 | #323 | 0.28 |
| 1898 | 31 | #347 | 0.25 |
| 1897 | 47 | #253 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 32 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1895 | 40 | #279 | 0.34 |
| 1894 | 37 | #289 | 0.32 |
| 1893 | 43 | #267 | 0.38 |
| 1892 | 58 | #233 | 0.48 |
| 1891 | 46 | #237 | 0.45 |
| 1890 | 48 | #243 | 0.43 |
| 1889 | 37 | #274 | 0.33 |
| 1888 | 58 | #230 | 0.48 |
| 1887 | 51 | #221 | 0.50 |
| 1886 | 52 | #233 | 0.47 |
| 1885 | 43 | #251 | 0.40 |
| 1884 | 43 | #260 | 0.38 |
| 1883 | 61 | #193 | 0.58 |
| 1882 | 62 | #205 | 0.55 |
| 1881 | 65 | #178 | 0.65 |
| 1880 | 60 | #200 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Asa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 23,067 Americans recorded as Asa, 8% are girls and 92% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Asa: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Asa, and how old are they?
18,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 23,067 Americans ever recorded as Asa. The median Asa alive today is 15 years old; half are between 7 and 28.
The 2020 Census counted 14,126 people named Asa (1,561 women and girls, 12,565 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,991 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 194 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 604 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,030 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,540 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,810 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,470 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Asa born?
The states with the most babies named Asa are Texas, California and Georgia, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 59 | #589 | 0.8× |
| California | 49 | #684 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 35 | #343 | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 32 | #356 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 30 | #572 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 30 | #291 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 27 | #472 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 27 | #305 | 0.8× |
| New York | 23 | #640 | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 22 | #302 | 0.8× |
Where Asa is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Asa is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Asa with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 24,019 babies since 1880, Asa is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 696 of their 788 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Asa
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Asa and names like it
- Compare Asa and AsaiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAsa peaked in 2022.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Asa since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Asa: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Asa.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Asa alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.