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How popular is the name Asa?

Births per year, rank history and how many Asas are alive today.

Asa (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 469th in 2025 with 83 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 93 babies were given the name, the 434th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Asa you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Asas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 25, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Asa - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Asa.

How many babies are named Asa each year?

0255075200020201996: 361997: 341998: 411999: 262000: 382001: 252002: 262003: 262004: 382005: 382006: 382007: 372008: 382009: 542010: 482011: 472012: 492013: 522014: 482015: 472016: 592017: 462018: 522019: 522020: 752021: 782022: 762023: 872024: 932025: 83actual

Where does Asa rank among boys' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 5051997: ranked 5281998: ranked 4771999: ranked 6552000: ranked 5152001: ranked 7072002: ranked 7222003: ranked 7952004: ranked 6372005: ranked 6782006: ranked 6982007: ranked 7422008: ranked 7572009: ranked 5962010: ranked 6602011: ranked 6812012: ranked 6822013: ranked 6472014: ranked 6842015: ranked 7022016: ranked 6082017: ranked 7432018: ranked 6652019: ranked 6632020: ranked 5052021: ranked 5032022: ranked 5152023: ranked 4612024: ranked 4342025: ranked 469

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Asa per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 93 in 2024
Asa: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Asa most popular?

Asa peaked in 2024, when 93 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Asa?

At least 1,700 people named Asa born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Asa?

Most living Asas are between 6 and 25; the most common age is about 2.

Is Asa becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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