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Asa
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.sə/
Rank in 2024
#475
Born in 2024
645
Peak year
2022 · #450
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:75 in 2024 (#2,423)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 645 boys were named Asa, about 1 in every 2,659.
- It peaked in 2022 with 683 babies, ranked #450.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 20,534 boys 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
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,777 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 1,125 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 866 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,002 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,417 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,421 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,952 babies, 0.32 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.