Given name
Asaiah
“Yah has made”
Asaiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewעשיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Asaiah means “Yah has made.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Asaiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'asa (עשה), “to do or make.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Asaiah appears in 1 Chronicles 4:36, 1 Chronicles 15:6, 1 Chronicles 9:5 and 1 other passage.
- 1 Chronicles 4:36
- 1 Chronicles 15:6
- 1 Chronicles 9:5
- 1 Chronicles 15:11
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Asaiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,193
- 2,075 boys · 118 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 339 babies
- 2025
- 339
- #773 for boys · #11,051 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +155%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 331 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 773 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 163.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 680 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Asaiah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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90% boys · 10% girls
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Abiner
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>99% boys