Asa Boy
How popular is Asa?
#483 boy name in 2025
622 baby boys were named Asa in the US in 2025, making it the 483rd most popular boy name. Another 74 girls got the name (#2,410 for girls).
Asa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #483 for boys (▼ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 622 boys, 74 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #530 in 2015, #506 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (685 boys) |
| Highest rank | #178 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 89% boys, 11% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Asa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Asa family of names ranked #330 for boys in 2025 (#353 the year before), with 1,015 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Asa is most popular
Babies named Asa per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Asa by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 532 | #178 |
| 1890s | 412 | #233 |
| 1900s | 244 | #351 |
| 1910s | 732 | #512 |
| 1920s | 995 | #575 |
| 1930s | 648 | #682 |
| 1940s | 526 | #817 |
| 1950s | 438 | #1,005 |
| 1960s | 412 | #1,068 |
| 1970s | 670 | #875 |
| 1980s | 1,390 | #694 |
| 1990s | 1,796 | #685 |
| 2000s | 3,430 | #554 |
| 2010s | 5,224 | #490 |
| 2020s | 3,717 | #450 |
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Questions
- Is Asa a boy or girl name?
- Asa is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 89% of babies named Asa were boys.
- How popular is the name Asa?
- 622 baby boys were named Asa in the US in 2025, making it the 483rd most popular boy name. Another 74 girls got the name (#2,410 for girls).
- When was Asa most popular?
- Asa peaked in 2022, when 685 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #178 in 1881.
- How many people are named Asa?
- 23,067 babies have been named Asa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,786 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Asa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Asa was most common in Maine, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.