Asenath
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ASS-uh-nath
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Asenath is a girls' name, meaning “belonging to Neith”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Asenath mean?
Biblical name, probably Egyptian
“belonging to Neith”
In Genesis, Asenath is the Egyptian wife of Joseph and mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Is Asenath a girl's or a boy's name?
Asenath is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asenath in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Asenath, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1941, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Asenath in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Asenath in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,696 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
Names like Asenath
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adeline, Amelia, Delilah, Violet, Aurelia, Lydia, Adelaide, Aurora, Charlotte, Eliza, Alice, Emma
Names related to Asenath
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asenath: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asenath, updated 20 October 2026.