first name
ASA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,126 people named Asa, 65.6% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 8.1% as two or more races. 88.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Asa peaked in 2022, when 777 babies got the name.
At least 23,067 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Asa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #490. The largest share of babies named Asa, 37%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Asa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Asa has been most common in Georgia (2.7×), Oregon (2.4×), and Vermont (2.2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.18×).
14,805 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Asa
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asa, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Asa ranks #43,119 of 156,621, with 540 people. See Asa as a last name
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