Asa
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Asa
A short but strong biblical name with multicultural appeal, Asa is enjoying new visibility thanks to hot young actor Asa Butterfield of Hugo fame.
Asa for boys#483 US
Asa was the name of an important biblical king of Judah, who reigned for more than forty years. In modern times, the name was long associated with the strong patriarch Asa Buchanan on the soap opera "One Life to Live," but since the character "died" in 2007, this gives the name plenty of room to rejuvenate. Popular with the Puritans, Asa can be found in the novels of James Fenimore Cooper and Theodore Dreiser.
A notable real-life namesake is the highly influential botanist Asa Gray, and Asa was the birth name of Al Jolson. Radiohead's Colin Greenwood has a son named Asa.
Asa could also be a path to the hip nickname Ace or an alternative to the rapidly rising Asher.
Asa for girls#2412 US
A male Biblical name meaning healer, Asa is also an international gem. In Japanese, it means "(born in the) morning". And in Scandinavia, where it's generally spelled Åsa or Ása and pronounced O-sa, it's a popular diminutive form of Old Norse names beginning with the element áss "god".
Pronounced AY-suh.
As of October 2026, Asa ranked #483 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #178 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #134.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #515 | 544 | #3,280 | 49 |
| 2015 | #530 | 540 | #2,715 | 65 |
| 2016 | #517 | 575 | #3,106 | 53 |
| 2017 | #489 | 595 | #2,514 | 71 |
| 2018 | #506 | 566 | #2,338 | 78 |
| 2019 | #505 | 567 | #2,434 | 73 |
| 2020 | #506 | 574 | #2,320 | 76 |
| 2021 | #495 | 593 | #2,044 | 94 |
| 2022 | #450 | 683 | #2,089 | 92 |
| 2023 | #509 | 591 | #2,156 | 88 |
| 2024 | #474 | 645 | #2,402 | 75 |
| 2025 | #483 | 622 | #2,412 | 74 |
World rankings
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American Actor; Larry Murphy standby in "Dear Evan Hansen"
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Asa in pop culture
- Asa BuchananBoy
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
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character in "Asa, As I Knew Him" by Susanna Kaysen
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character in an episode of TV's "The Simpsons"
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character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
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character in an episode of "Supernatural"
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Moldavian witch in Mario Bava's 1960 horror classic "Black Sunday"
Variations & nicknames
- AzaBoy