Asa
#2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births · #483 for boys in 2025, 622 births
Given to boys 91.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,166since 1880
Asa over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,410 | 74 | #483 | 622 |
| 2024 | #2,389 | 76 | #473 | 651 |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | #509 | 591 |
| 2022 | #2,087 | 92 | #450 | 685 |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 | #495 | 594 |
| 2020 | #2,317 | 76 | #506 | 574 |
| 2019 | #2,428 | 73 | #505 | 567 |
| 2018 | #2,334 | 78 | #506 | 566 |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | #490 | 595 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | #517 | 575 |
| 2015 | #2,712 | 65 | #530 | 540 |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | #515 | 544 |
| 2013 | #2,903 | 58 | #554 | 479 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #563 | 461 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #546 | 465 |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | #582 | 432 |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | #554 | 478 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #636 | 386 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 | #619 | 398 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #624 | 380 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | #628 | 348 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #672 | 301 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #655 | 302 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #671 | 276 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #652 | 286 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #655 | 275 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #687 | 245 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #795 | 192 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #755 | 197 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #846 | 165 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #799 | 180 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #801 | 176 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #853 | 154 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #844 | 156 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #787 | 170 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #799 | 161 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #729 | 183 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #773 | 148 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #829 | 126 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #901 | 102 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #748 | 141 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #803 | 118 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #721 | 143 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #741 | 140 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #694 | 154 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #755 | 135 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #875 | 99 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #977 | 78 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #963 | 79 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #933 | 80 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #988 | 69 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,136 | 52 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,196 | 47 |
| 1971 | — | #1,199 | 47 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,311 | 36 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #1,195 | 42 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | — | #1,163 | 44 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,120 | 46 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,151 | 42 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,074 | 46 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,027 | 49 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #902 | 58 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #878 | 63 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | — | #1,056 | 37 | |
| 1944 | — | #888 | 51 | |
| 1943 | — | #893 | 56 | |
| 1942 | — | #876 | 56 | |
| 1941 | — | #817 | 60 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #799 | 60 | |
| 1937 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1936 | — | #797 | 59 | |
| 1935 | — | #766 | 65 | |
| 1934 | — | #682 | 79 | |
| 1933 | — | #710 | 72 | |
| 1932 | — | #888 | 52 | |
| 1931 | — | #750 | 68 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #704 | 78 |
| 1929 | — | #742 | 72 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #652 | 92 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #601 | 107 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #614 | 104 |
| 1925 | — | #690 | 87 | |
| 1924 | — | #619 | 106 | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #575 | 118 |
| 1922 | — | #642 | 101 | |
| 1921 | — | #625 | 103 | |
| 1920 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1919 | — | #657 | 88 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #556 | 117 |
| 1917 | — | #640 | 86 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #581 | 99 |
| 1915 | — | #531 | 109 | |
| 1914 | — | #585 | 73 | |
| 1913 | — | #573 | 58 | |
| 1912 | — | #592 | 47 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #513 | 24 | |
| 1907 | — | #351 | 39 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #477 | 22 | |
| 1904 | — | #431 | 24 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #413 | 30 | |
| 1899 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1898 | — | #345 | 31 | |
| 1897 | — | #253 | 47 | |
| 1896 | — | #331 | 32 | |
| 1895 | — | #279 | 40 | |
| 1894 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1893 | — | #266 | 43 | |
| 1892 | — | #233 | 58 | |
| 1891 | — | #237 | 46 | |
| 1890 | — | #243 | 48 | |
| 1889 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1888 | — | #230 | 58 | |
| 1887 | — | #221 | 51 | |
| 1886 | — | #233 | 52 | |
| 1885 | — | #251 | 43 | |
| 1884 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1883 | — | #193 | 61 | |
| 1882 | — | #205 | 62 | |
| 1881 | — | #178 | 65 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Asa was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
See more about Asa
- 10 spots since 2024 (#473 → #483)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#506 → #483)
- 47 spots since 2015 (#530 → #483)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1907 (#568 → #351)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1945 (#888 → #1,056)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #178 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1944
- Highest: 1 in 1,550 boys born in 1881 were named Asa (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,746 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Asa (5,224) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 532 | #178 (1881) | #224 |
| 1890s | 412 | #233 (1892) | #280 |
| 1900s | 244 | #351 (1907) | #464 |
| 1910s | 732 | #512 (1910) | #583 |
| 1920s | 995 | #575 (1923) | #638 |
| 1930s | 648 | #682 (1934) | #772 |
| 1940s | 526 | #817 (1941) | #922 |
| 1950s | 438 | #1,006 (1950) | #1,133 |
| 1960s | 412 | #1,069 (1962) | #1,205 |
| 1970s | 670 | #875 (1979) | #1,040 |
| 1980s | 1,390 | #694 (1981) | #769 |
| 1990s | 1,796 | #687 (1999) | #797 |
| 2000s | 3,430 | #554 (2009) | #637 |
| 2010s | 5,224 | #490 (2017) | #531 |
| 2020s | 3,717 | #450 (2022) | #486 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Asa in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 378,971 of them was named Asa, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,039 names at #6,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 55,353 of them was named Asa, which outranked 71.5% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,288Ricki37
- #1,288Sherwin37
- #1,288Weston37
- #1,311Asa36
- #1,311Christ36
- #1,311Christoper36
- #1,311Cleve36
- #1,327Abelardo35
- #1,327Ari35
- #1,327Brion35
Tied with 15 names at #1,311; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.