How Many People Are Named Asa?
people named Asa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,277 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,067 babies named Asa in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
777 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese form of ÅSA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Asa, 9.8% were girls and 90.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Asa rose from 0% in the 1880s to 11.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Asa alive today is about 20 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Asa first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 777 babies. In 2025, 696 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Asa has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #178, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #483.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #483 |
| Best rank | #178 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #540 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Asa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Asa were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,400 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Asa was given 3.2 times as often in Vermont, 2.4 times in Georgia and 2.1 times in Maine.
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