Asa

“Healer, physician” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #483 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Asa was #178 in 1881, slipped to #1416 by 1959, and has climbed back to #483 today. Roughly 21,000 boys have been named Asa since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,300 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 3,300 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Asas

Asa Butterfield — English actor
Asa Gray — American botanist (1810–1888)
Asa Hutchinson — Governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023
Asa Griggs Candler — American mayor and businessman (1851-1929)
Asa Earl Carter — American speech writer and novelist (1925–1979)

In stories & tradition

Asa — Second Book of Chronicles · 1 Kings 16
Asa Phelps — The Simpsons
Asa Buchanan — One Life to Live

What Asas become

Among 489 notable people named Asa:

Political leaders appear 1.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.

Similar names: Elisha · Asaiah · Khaza · Enoch · Ira · Azariah

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