Asa

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A few things about Asa you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Asa

Asa Butterfield

English actor

Choose Asa and your child shares a first name with Asa Butterfield, an English actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Asa, like who?” Asa Butterfield's Wikipedia article is available in 52 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 2,746 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Asa, 622 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Asa would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAsa has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Asas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1881, when it reached #178.
• 📈Then vs nowAsa is 2.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 7,143 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 2,746.
• 🚀TrendAsa has climbed 23 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #483. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedAsa is most popular in New Hampshire, where it ranks #230, followed by Maine (#234) and Tennessee (#290). It's in the top 1,000 in 36 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlAsa is given to both boys and girls: 89% of the 696 babies named Asa in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Hebrew, Asa means “healer”. Our records link it to African, Hebrew and Japanese roots.
• 🌍OriginAsa is the #4 most popular African boy name in the US. That's out of 218 African boy and unisex names in our list.
• 🔁Word funAsa is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards.

About the name Asa

Asa is a gender-neutral name of African, Hebrew and Japanese origin meaning “healer”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with A and ending in “-asa”. US birth records list Asa for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked #178 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #483, with 622 babies. Of the 696 US babies named Asa in 2025, 11% were girls and 89% were boys.

Origin:African namesHebrew namesJapanese names