girl's name
Asherah
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 130
Asherah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2022, when 13 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1995.
Asherah over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 |
| 2000s | 15 |
| 2010s | 44 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 61 |
How popular is Asherah?
In 2025, Asherah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Asherah
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Asherah also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Asherah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Asherah
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Asherah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Asherah
How popular is the name Asherah?
In 2025, Asherah was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Asherah a girl's or a boy's name?
Asherah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Asherah most popular?
Asherah peaked in 2022, when 13 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Asherah a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Asherah currently ranks #12,455 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.