Asa
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning physician, healer.
How Asa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #530 |
| 2016 | #517 |
| 2017 | #490 |
| 2018 | #506 |
| 2019 | #506 |
| 2020 | #506 |
| 2021 | #496 |
| 2022 | #451 |
| 2023 | #509 |
| 2024 | #474 |
| 2025 | #483 |
Asa by the numbers
In 2025, 83 babies in England and Wales were named Asa. In the US, 659 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 2,000 American babies born that year was called Asa.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Asa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Asa
Names that are said the same way as Asa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean healing
Like Asa, each of these has healing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jasonhealer4,221 in the US (2017)
- Valentinastrong, healthy3,027 in the US (2017)
- Eloisehealthy, wide546 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jasehealer; short form of Jason1,042 in the US (2017)
- Altheahealer; from althea the marshmallow plant153 in the US (2017)
- Kenjihealthy second son; vigorous second136 in the US (2017)