Asa

Asa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“healer”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
AY-suh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (92% of all uses)

Biblical name borne by a king of Judah, from Hebrew Asa. It has long been used in Jewish and English-speaking traditions.

How popular is Asa?

2024216 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Asa in 2024720

2024 rank#474 boys

Peak year1881

Total US babies since 188022,359

Asa has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Asa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Asa questions

What does the name Asa mean?

Asa means "healer". It comes from Hebrew. Biblical name borne by a king of Judah, from Hebrew Asa. It has long been used in Jewish and English-speaking traditions.

Is Asa a boy or girl name?

Asa is mainly a boy's name in US records (92% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Asa?

720 US babies were named Asa in 2024. Its peak year was 1881.

How do you pronounce Asa?

Asa is usually pronounced AY-suh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.