Asa is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 645 boys in the United States.
Asa belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Asa first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #178 in 1881, and in 2024 645 babies received the name — 20,534 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Asa is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Asa is a boy name. In 2024, 645 babies received the name in the US.
Asa comes from the Biblical & Christian and Scandinavian tradition.
Asa first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #178 in 1881, and 645 babies were given the name in 2024.
Asa is pronounced /ˈeɪ.sə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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