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Asa
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.sə/
Rank in 2024
#2,423
Born in 2024
75
Peak year
2021 · #2056
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:645 in 2024 (#475)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 75 girls were named Asa, about 1 in every 21,509.
- It peaked in 2021 with 94 babies, ranked #2056.
- It first shows up in the records in 1916.
- 1,825 girls have been named Asa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Asa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 31 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 50 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 142 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 475 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 872 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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 Classical Syriac ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “healer, physician, medical doctor”) whence Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: āʹsə, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.sə/ Rhymes: -eɪsə ==== Proper noun ==== Asa (countable and uncountable, plural Asas) (biblical) The third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat.
- A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.sə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Asa, CC BY-SA 4.0.