Girls' name · since 1995
Asherah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 130 babies named Asherah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Asherah is the #12415 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 130 recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Asherah recorded 130 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #12415 nationally today, ahead of 28% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #24,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,415 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Asherah ranks #24,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,415 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 130 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,415 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Asherah's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Asherah compares
130 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Asherah's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Asherah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Asherah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Asherah splits its recorded history at 2017: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Asherah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Asherah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Asherah's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Asherah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Asherah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Asherah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.