Aseneth
An Egyptian name derived from the goddess Neith, meaning "belonging to Neith".
Name Census estimates that about 109 living Americans carry the first name Aseneth. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aseneth today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aseneth births was 2022 (13 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aseneth. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
109
~ 1 in 3,144,535 Americans
Peak year
2022
13 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#15,514
Tracked since 1948
Census
Aseneth in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 166 people with the first name Aseneth, which placed it at #42,903 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#42,903
National first-name rank
People counted
166
166 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
69.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Aseneth
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aseneth is Hispanic at 69.9%. The next largest groups are White (13.9%) and Black (11.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Aseneth described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Aseneth at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino69.9% · 116
- White13.9% · 23
- Black or African American11.4% · 19
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.4% · 4
- Two or more races2.4% · 4
Popularity
Aseneth: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aseneth from the 1940s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 60 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aseneth remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aseneth by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aseneth during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aseneths live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aseneth
The name Aseneth is of ancient Egyptian origin, derived from the Egyptian words "ns-nt" meaning "she belongs to" or "the one who belongs to." It is believed to have emerged around the 6th century BC during the Late Period of ancient Egyptian history.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Aseneth appears in the apocryphal book of Joseph and Aseneth, a Jewish romance novel from the Hellenistic period (around the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD). In this text, Aseneth is a beautiful Egyptian woman who marries Joseph, the son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob.
Aseneth was also the name of an Egyptian princess who lived during the 7th century BC. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Psammetichus I and married King Cambyses II of Persia. This historical figure is mentioned in the works of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus.
In the early Christian era, there was a Saint Aseneth, a holy woman from Antinoë in Egypt, who lived in the 5th century AD. She is venerated as a martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Another notable figure with the name Aseneth was Aseneth Barzani, a Kurdish-Jewish woman who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1590 in Mosul, Iraq (then part of the Ottoman Empire), she is remembered for her leadership role in the Kurdish Jewish community and her efforts to promote education and women's rights.
In literature, Aseneth is the name of a character in the novel "The Valley of the Horses" by Jean M. Auel, part of the Earth's Children series. The book was published in 1982 and follows the story of a prehistoric woman named Ayla and her adventures in a fictional prehistoric Europe.
While the name Aseneth has ancient roots and historical significance, it has remained relatively uncommon in modern times, particularly in Western cultures. However, it continues to be used in some communities, particularly among those with Egyptian or Middle Eastern heritage, as a nod to its rich cultural and linguistic origins.
People
Aseneth + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aseneth as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aseneth: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aseneth?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 109 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aseneth going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,144,535 US residents.
Is Aseneth a common name?
We classify Aseneth as "Very Rare". It ranks above 65.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 112 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aseneth most popular?
The single biggest year for Aseneth was 2022, when 13 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aseneth is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Aseneth in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 166 people with the name Aseneth, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #42,903 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Aseneth in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Aseneth?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Aseneth appears almost entirely female. Of the 164 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Aseneth?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Aseneth is Hispanic at 69.9%. The next largest groups are White (13.9%) and Black (11.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Aseneth most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Aseneth in the 2020 Census, accounting for 69.9% (116 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Aseneth in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Aseneth a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aseneth in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Aseneth still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Aseneth in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Aseneth can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Aseneth?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.