Asa

#2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births · #483 for boys in 2025, 622 births
Given to boys 91.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#178
1881 · 65 births
Debut · boys
1880
60 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,166
since 1880

Asa over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #178, 1881girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,41074#483622
2024#2,38976#473651
2023#2,15688#509591
2022#2,08792#450685
2021#2,02495#495594
2020#2,31776#506574
2019#2,42873#505567
2018#2,33478#506566
2017#2,50871#490595
2016#3,10053#517575
2015#2,71265#530540
2014#3,27249#515544
2013#2,90358#554479
2012#3,78241#563461
2011#4,35333#546465
2010#3,51645#582432
2009#3,61944#554478
2008#4,36035#636386
2007#3,84841#619398
2006#5,38325#624380
2005#3,46143#628348
2004#5,96920#672301
2003#5,79520#655302
2002#4,76725#671276
2001#4,44727#652286
2000#6,48716#655275
1999#4,57624#687245
1998#5,58318#795192
1997#5,41718#755197
1996#4,30624#846165
1995#5,22118#799180
1994#5,71316#801176
1993#4,82620#853154
1992#6,65213#844156
1991#5,94915#787170
1990#6,13114#799161
1989#5,83614#729183
1988#5,32115#773148
1987#5,07415#829126
1986#4,53917#901102
1985#5,07714#748141
1984#5,53912#803118
1983#5,14813#721143
1982#9,2376#741140
1981#4,34417#694154
1980#4,74315#755135
1979#5,42712#87599
1978#4,24216#97778
1977#6,8928#96379
1976#6,0489#93380
1975#5,51610#1,06561
1974#4,72012#98869
1973#5,5809#1,13652
1972#5,10910#1,19647
1971—#1,19947
1970—#1,07058
1969#3,95813#1,19843
1968#7,0165#1,18341
1967#4,9828#1,31233
1966#4,8668#1,19439
1965#5,2897#1,18941
1964#6,7675#1,31136
1963#4,01911#1,19542
1962#5,8606#1,06951
1961#5,8516#1,25040
1960—#1,15246
1959#4,03110#1,41631
1958—#1,16344
1957—#1,18543
1956—#1,12046
1955—#1,16741
1954—#1,15142
1953—#1,07446
1952—#1,02749
1951—#1,01748
1950—#1,00648
1949—#96751
1948—#90258
1947#5,2955#87863
1946#3,9947#1,07641
1945—#1,05637
1944—#88851
1943—#89356
1942—#87656
1941—#81760
1940—#86253
1939—#86750
1938—#79960
1937—#75765
1936—#79759
1935—#76665
1934—#68279
1933—#71072
1932—#88852
1931—#75068
1930#4,5505#70478
1929—#74272
1928#3,7437#65292
1927#4,8055#601107
1926#4,3066#614104
1925—#69087
1924—#619106
1923#3,3509#575118
1922—#642101
1921—#625103
1920—#615105
1919—#65788
1918#4,2916#556117
1917—#64086
1916#4,4175#58199
1915—#531109
1914—#58573
1913—#57358
1912—#59247
1911—#60525
1910—#51230
1909—#67916
1908—#51324
1907—#35139
1906—#56817
1905—#47722
1904—#43124
1903—#38126
1902—#46021
1901—#37125
1900—#41330
1899—#32230
1898—#34531
1897—#25347
1896—#33132
1895—#27940
1894—#28937
1893—#26643
1892—#23358
1891—#23746
1890—#24348
1889—#27437
1888—#23058
1887—#22151
1886—#23352
1885—#25143
1884—#25943
1883—#19361
1882—#20562
1881—#17865
1880—#20060
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #178 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,550
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Asa (5,224) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s532#178 (1881)#224
1890s412#233 (1892)#280
1900s244#351 (1907)#464
1910s732#512 (1910)#583
1920s995#575 (1923)#638
1930s648#682 (1934)#772
1940s526#817 (1941)#922
1950s438#1,006 (1950)#1,133
1960s412#1,069 (1962)#1,205
1970s670#875 (1979)#1,040
1980s1,390#694 (1981)#769
1990s1,796#687 (1999)#797
2000s3,430#554 (2009)#637
2010s5,224#490 (2017)#531
2020s3,717#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 1969

girls
#3,958
13 births · 1 in 129,770 girls
boys
#1,198
43 births · 1 in 41,585 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #3,958Asa13

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,198Asa43
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 129,770 of them was named Asa, which outranked 54.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asa
  1. #3,774Yvetta14
  2. #3,774Zenia14
  3. #3,774Zonia14
  4. #3,958Asa13
  5. #3,958Albertine13
  6. #3,958Alex13
  7. #3,958Andreia13
  8. #4,198Alayna12
  9. #4,198Albertha12
  10. #4,198Allyn12

Tied with 239 names at #3,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 41,585 of them was named Asa, which outranked 76.2% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asa
  1. #1,186Renard44
  2. #1,186Reymundo44
  3. #1,186Sandra44
  4. #1,198Asa43
  5. #1,198Abelardo43
  6. #1,198Arlen43
  7. #1,198Art43
  8. #1,221Alain42
  9. #1,221Carol42
  10. #1,221Corby42

Tied with 22 names at #1,198; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969 →