Asa

What Asa means

Means “physician, doctor, healer”

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 Class

Source: Wiktionary, “Asa” (revision 93542422), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Asa?

US: Steady: #530 in 2015, #483 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #702 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 65 boys got the name (#178 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,746 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,276 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ME (1.3 per 1,000 boys), NH (1.11 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.87 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Asa is #483 in the US and #469 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.4% of US babies named Asa were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ace2,239 US · 117 E&W
• Isa253 US · 207 E&W
• Azai307 US · 16 E&W
• Isai186 US
• Issa98 US · 59 E&W
• Esa52 US · 89 E&W
• Esai107 US
• Essa51 US · 46 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Asa

Boys

• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US
• Eden#544possibly “steppe, garden”^*

For a sister

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Hadassah#569“myrtle”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Asa’s. Rank is US 2025.