Asherah comes from the NearEastern tradition, meaning She who treads on the sea.
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How popular is Asherah?
2022peak year
Today, Asherah is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11703), with only about 9 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 13 babies were given the name (ranked #8087 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Asherah has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 123 babies have been registered as Asherah since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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