Asherah

#12,062 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly she who walks in the sea

Asherah has been given to 130 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #12,062 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Asherah, 2025

1 in 474,000

Asherah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Asherah: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly she who walks in the sea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Asherah means

Asherah may mean “she who walks in the sea”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Asherah is used in Semitic Mythology.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ə.ˈʃiɹ.ə/ for Asherah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 130 girls were recorded with the name Asherah between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2022; its best national rank was #8,017 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,640 in 2020 to #12,062 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Asherah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,062; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Asherah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Asherah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Asherahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Asherah was born before 2019 — so the typical Asherah is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 46.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 130; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 46.9% of all recorded uses (61).

Is Asherah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −4,045; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,578; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 53.8%; Peak was 2022 (13)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,017; 2024

Spellings of Asherah

Asherah is not the most common spelling — Ameerah is, with 32.0% against Asherah's 1.6%.

Ameerah32.0%2,645
Shera18.3%1,507
Asher17.7%1,463
Serah9.9%814
Ashira7.5%619
Sheran6.9%567
Shelah6.2%510
Asherah1.6%130

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Asherah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,062
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,578
Best rank ever: #8,017; 2024
Peak year: 2022; 13 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 130
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Asherah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Asherah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydni Shyann Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Keren Kendyl Jacquelin

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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