Asa is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #687 in 1999 with 245 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2022 with 683 births ranking #450. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 48.5%. In 1999, approximately 1 in every 7,837 boys born was named Asa. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.
Asa is a compact biblical name usually explained as meaning "healer" or "physician". Its brevity makes it feel modern, even though the name itself is very old.
In the Bible, Asa was a king of Judah. The name has also had separate use in some Nordic settings, but the biblical Hebrew background is the clearest source for most English-language use.