Meaning not yet researched.
Asher: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7,456 in 2025. Its best rank was #20 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #20 in 2024; #28 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Asher in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#28 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #20.
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Asher: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7,456 boys in 2025. Peak: #20 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 8,418 (2022).
In 2025, 7,456 US boys were named Asher, making it the 28th most common boys’ name of the year, down 8 places from #20 in 2024. That is 703 fewer than the 8,159 boys named Asher in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #20, reached in 2024. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,418, in 2022. For comparison, it was #82 in 2015 and #3,047 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Asher in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 112,690 US babies have been given the name, 1.3% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 49,174 babies named Asher.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 73,522 US boys were named Asher; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 8,418. In 2025 that was about 1 in 229 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Asher ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #7 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Ashur, Ashar and Azhar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ashur (794), Ashar (574), Azhar (473), Aashir (186), Ashir (179), Ashyr (150), Azhir (35), Ashor (23), Aysher (6), Aasher (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Asher in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 67 | #7 | #59 |
| Idaho | 76 | #9 | #36 |
| Georgia | 306 | #10 | #66 |
| North Dakota | 31 | #11 | #21 |
| Kentucky | 171 | #11 | #57 |
| Alabama | 161 | #12 | #70 |
| South Dakota | 32 | #13 | #31 |
| Arkansas | 94 | #13 | #51 |
| Tennessee | 253 | #13 | #65 |
| Mississippi | 71 | #14 | #90 |
| Louisiana | 117 | #14 | #77 |
| Oklahoma | 117 | #14 | #26 |
| South Carolina | 145 | #15 | #65 |
| Montana | 34 | #15 | #48 |
| Nebraska | 60 | #16 | #45 |
| Florida | 583 | #17 | #92 |
| Indiana | 186 | #17 | #67 |
| Alaska | 23 | #18 | #34 |
| North Carolina | 297 | #19 | #57 |
| Iowa | 81 | #20 | #53 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #20 | #30 |
| Ohio | 288 | #22 | #78 |
| Kansas | 81 | #22 | #52 |
| Wisconsin | 132 | #23 | #76 |
| Minnesota | 134 | #24 | #55 |
| Pennsylvania | 295 | #25 | #89 |
| Missouri | 154 | #26 | #51 |
| Hawaii | 22 | #28 | #29 |
| Washington | 169 | #29 | #45 |
| Utah | 100 | #30 | #31 |
| Colorado | 143 | #31 | #43 |
| New Mexico | 37 | #31 | #125 |
| Virginia | 188 | #31 | #66 |
| Maine | 29 | #32 | #59 |
| Nevada | 63 | #32 | #107 |
| New York | 393 | #33 | #109 |
| Michigan | 191 | #33 | #98 |
| New Hampshire | 32 | #33 | #110 |
| Oregon | 76 | #34 | #44 |
| Maryland | 118 | #34 | #91 |
| Illinois | 209 | #42 | #102 |
| Arizona | 137 | #42 | #90 |
| Connecticut | 65 | #44 | #143 |
| New Jersey | 181 | #46 | #133 |
| Vermont | 9 | #49 | #70 |
| Texas | 622 | #51 | #104 |
| California | 545 | #63 | #130 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | #69 | — |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #75 | #56 |
| Massachusetts | 88 | #76 | #121 |
| Delaware | 11 | #94 | #105 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,721 | 7,456 | #28 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,493 | 8,159 | #20 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,259 | 7,897 | #23 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 | 8,418 | #20 |
| 2021 | 103 | #1,913 | 8,370 | #25 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,024 | 7,698 | #32 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,219 | 7,058 | #43 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,534 | 6,879 | #47 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,224 | 6,062 | #59 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,485 | 5,525 | #71 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,435 | 5,137 | #82 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,418 | 4,333 | #92 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,521 | 3,720 | #104 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,473 | 3,560 | #108 |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,007 | 3,420 | #113 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,753 | 2,863 | #138 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,401 | 2,354 | #165 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,459 | 1,906 | #206 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,575 | 1,580 | #233 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,891 | 1,369 | #252 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,293 | 1,156 | #288 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,768 | 895 | #335 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,255 | 626 | #411 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,913 | 478 | #484 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,443 | 415 | #529 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,239 | 346 | #578 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,870 | 312 | #601 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,655 | 247 | #686 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,402 | 213 | #729 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,179 | 188 | #776 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,676 | 142 | #932 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,875 | 149 | #886 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,709 | 129 | #946 |
| 1992 | — | — | 125 | #961 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,346 | 105 | #1,055 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,319 | 95 | #1,096 |
| 1989 | — | — | 78 | #1,214 |
| 1988 | — | — | 72 | #1,189 |
| 1987 | — | — | 88 | #1,009 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,647 | 84 | #1,008 |
| 1985 | — | — | 94 | #940 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,854 | 72 | #1,055 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,107 | 90 | #930 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,526 | 67 | #1,115 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,545 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | — | — | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | — | — | 56 | #1,224 |
| 1978 | — | — | 47 | #1,327 |
| 1977 | — | — | 42 | #1,409 |
| 1976 | — | — | 34 | #1,574 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,536 | 35 | #1,508 |
| 1974 | — | — | 24 | #1,888 |
| 1973 | — | — | 27 | #1,699 |
| 1972 | — | — | 20 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,574 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,304 |
| 1969 | — | — | 12 | #2,559 |
| 1968 | — | — | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,907 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1965 | — | — | 7 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1963 | — | — | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1962 | — | — | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,552 |
| 1960 | — | — | 12 | #2,429 |
| 1959 | — | — | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,832 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,645 |
| 1956 | — | — | 11 | #2,503 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #3,916 |
| 1954 | — | — | 11 | #2,460 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,403 |
| 1952 | — | — | 8 | #2,890 |
| 1951 | — | — | 12 | #2,256 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,047 |
| 1949 | — | — | 14 | #2,030 |
| 1948 | — | — | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1947 | — | — | 7 | #3,107 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #2,935 |
| 1945 | — | — | 10 | #2,253 |
| 1944 | — | — | 13 | #1,994 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #1,988 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,391 |
| 1941 | — | — | 6 | #3,162 |
| 1940 | — | — | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,295 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,190 |
| 1937 | — | — | 13 | #1,996 |
| 1936 | — | — | 15 | #1,806 |
| 1935 | — | — | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1934 | — | — | 14 | #1,935 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,377 |
| 1932 | — | — | 18 | #1,718 |
| 1931 | — | — | 7 | #3,110 |
| 1930 | — | — | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,604 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #2,860 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,080 |
| 1925 | — | — | 15 | #2,097 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,048 |
| 1923 | — | — | 14 | #2,232 |
| 1922 | — | — | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1921 | — | — | 17 | #1,985 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1919 | — | — | 21 | #1,631 |
| 1918 | — | — | 15 | #2,079 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #1,994 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,859 |
| 1915 | — | — | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1914 | — | — | 12 | #1,876 |
| 1913 | — | — | 7 | #2,292 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,606 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #985 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,013 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #826 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #766 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #843 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #788 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #822 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).