Asa

• Same eraKasenLike Asa, it was given most in the 2010s.#483 · steady
• Same rhythmMakaiSame beat as Asa: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#481 · steady
• ShorterNoelOne syllable to Asa's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#478 · steady
• LongerCassianThree syllables to Asa's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#479 · rising
• RiskyIsaOne letter away from Asa. You'll call the wrong one for years.#929 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.