Asenath — #8958 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Asenath

The Social Security Administration has registered 482 babies named Asenath between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Asenath currently holds the #8958 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Asenath performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Asenath shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Asenath in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Asenath in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 482 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.