NameTides

Asa

Asa was the #483 boys' name in the US in 2025 (622 babies), and #469 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Asa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Asa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
Asa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#483 (622)#469 (83)#495 (6)—#1,565 (14)
2024#473 (651)#434 (93)#535 (5)—#1,353 (16)
2023#509 (591)#461 (87)#728 (3)—#1,810 (10)
2022#450 (685)#515 (76)—#779 (3)#1,415 (14)
2021#495 (594)#503 (78)#605 (4)#755 (3)#1,076 (21)
2020#506 (574)#505 (75)——#1,382 (14)
2019#505 (567)#663 (52)#701 (3)#764 (3)#1,737 (10)
2018#506 (566)#665 (52)——#1,279 (15)
2017#490 (595)#743 (46)——#1,349 (14)
2016#517 (575)#608 (59)——#1,831 (9)
2015#530 (540)#702 (47)——#1,816 (9)
2014#515 (544)#684 (48)——#1,152 (17)
2013#554 (479)#647 (52)—#711 (3)#1,771 (9)
2012#563 (461)#682 (49)——#2,666 (5)
2011#546 (465)#681 (47)#648 (3)—#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #178.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Asa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Asa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #639WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #351ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #398CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #303VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #356NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #343GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #588TXFlorida: #569FL
Asa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AsaCanadaGirls—too few
AsaCanadaBoys#1,56514
AsaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
AsaEngland & WalesBoys#46983
AsaIrelandBoys—too few
AsaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AsaScotlandGirls—too few
AsaScotlandBoys#4956
AsaUSGirls#2,41074
AsaUSBoys#483622