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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

AsaIn Hebrew: אסא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אָסָאRomanization: ása

Asa (Hebrew: אסא) is a boy's name of international origin. 478 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys and ranked #489. Its peak year was 2024, with 19 babies.

People in Israel
478
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
19
rank #489
Peak year
2024
19 babies
USA, 2025
622
rank #483

Writing and saying Asa

In Hebrew letters the name is אסא, read right to left. Asa is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ása" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Asa (the third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat)
  • a male given name, Asa and Assa
  • a surname

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Asa by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Asa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Asa in English-speaking countries

Asa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025622#4832022 (685)
United Kingdom202589#4812024 (98)
England and Wales202583#4692024 (93)
Scotland20256#4952025 (6)
Alberta20253#1,2052015 (4)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Asa has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Asa

How do you write Asa in Hebrew?

Asa is written אסא in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָסָא). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ása".

How many people in Israel are named Asa?

478 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אסא: 10 women and 468 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Asa a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 97.9% of the people named אסא are men.

What does the name Asa mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Asa (the third king of Judah mentioned in the Books of Kings who succeeded his father Abijah; the father of King Jehoshaphat)"

Is Asa used outside Israel?

The name Asa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 622 boys were given it in 2025 (#483), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 89 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.