Asa

“Healer, physician” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #2412 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Asa is near its high-water mark: it reached #2026 in 2021 and still ranked #2412 in 2025. About 1,900 girls have carried it since 1916. About 88% of babies named Asa in recent years have been boys.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Asas

Åsa Larsson — Swedish writer
Aṣa — Nigerian-French singer, songwriter, stage performer and recording artist
Åsa Romson — Swedish politician
Åsa Svensson — Swedish tennis player
Åsa Regnér — Swedish cabinet minister

In stories & tradition

Åsa Haraldsdóttir — legendary human figure
Åsa Ingjaldsdotter — human whose existence is disputed
Asa — Daemons of the Shadow Realm

What Asas become

Among 489 notable people named Asa:

Political leaders appear 1.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Åsa Romson, Swedish politician.

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