Meaning and history
Possibly meaning “healer” in Hebrew, this name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.
20062006: 380 births, rank #624
2007: 398 births, rank #619
2008: 386 births, rank #636
2009: 478 births, rank #554
2010: 432 births, rank #582
20112011: 465 births, rank #546
2012: 461 births, rank #563
2013: 479 births, rank #554
2014: 544 births, rank #515
2015: 540 births, rank #530
20162016: 575 births, rank #517
2017: 595 births, rank #490
2018: 566 births, rank #506
2019: 567 births, rank #505
2020: 574 births, rank #506
20212021: 594 births, rank #495
2022: 685 births, rank #450
2023: 591 births, rank #509
2024: 651 births, rank #473
20252025: 622 births, rank #483
Asa moved from #473 to #483 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2022, with 685 births.