Asher

#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · #28 for boys in 2025, 7,456 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 8,418 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
12 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
111,227
since 1880

Asher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,71963#287,456
2024#2,49172#208,159
2023#2,25882#237,897
2022#1,856109#208,418
2021#1,910103#258,370
2020#2,02392#327,698
2019#2,21783#437,058
2018#2,53269#476,879
2017#2,22185#596,062
2016#2,47973#715,525
2015#2,43175#825,137
2014#2,41275#924,333
2013#3,51344#1043,720
2012#3,46446#1083,560
2011#3,99937#1133,420
2010#4,73530#1382,863
2009#5,37826#1652,354
2008#5,43426#2061,906
2007#4,56732#2331,580
2006#6,84018#2521,369
2005#6,24519#2881,156
2004#5,74421#335895
2003#7,20715#411626
2002#8,83711#484478
2001#9,35110#529415
2000#6,20817#578346
1999#6,83614#601312
1998#8,58410#686247
1997#8,33410#729213
1996#7,13012#775188
1995#6,64113#931142
1994#8,8049#886149
1993#10,5887#945129
1992—#961125
1991#13,1475#1,055105
1990#9,2478#1,09695
1989—#1,21478
1988—#1,18972
1987—#1,00988
1986#9,5456#1,00884
1985—#93994
1984#6,8109#1,05472
1983#9,0156#93090
1982#7,4698#1,11567
1981#10,4115#1,04476
1980—#1,11166
1979—#1,22156
1978—#1,32647
1977—#1,40742
1976—#1,57234
1975#6,4848#1,50535
1974—#1,88624
1973—#1,69627
1972—#2,02020
1971—#2,55814
1970—#2,29316
1969—#2,54912
1968—#2,03016
1967—#1,90617
1966—#2,13214
1965—#3,2447
1964—#2,11415
1963—#3,0448
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,53811
1960—#2,42312
1959—#2,03316
1958—#2,8189
1957—#2,63110
1956—#2,49711
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,44911
1953—#2,39111
1952—#2,8758
1951—#2,24612
1950—#3,0217
1949—#2,02214
1948—#2,6089
1947—#3,0967
1946—#2,9197
1945—#2,24210
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,98614
1942—#2,38610
1941—#3,1336
1940—#1,98313
1939—#2,28810
1938—#2,18511
1937—#1,99213
1936—#1,80115
1935—#2,39610
1934—#1,93214
1933—#2,36810
1932—#1,71618
1931—#3,0957
1930—#3,5926
1929—#2,58910
1928—#2,8439
1927—#2,03416
1926—#2,07415
1925—#2,08915
1924—#2,04316
1923—#2,22414
1922—#1,54524
1921—#1,98017
1920—#2,05216
1919—#1,62421
1918—#2,07315
1917—#1,98615
1916—#1,84916
1915—#1,70717
1914—#1,86812
1913—#2,2737
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Asher was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Asher is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Asher
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#20 → #28)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#32 → #28)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#82 → #28)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1983 (#1,115 → #930)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1984 (#930 → #1,054)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #20 (8,418 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 207
  • Highest: 1 in 207 boys born in 2022 were named Asher (0.48%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229 boys born in 2025 (0.44%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 43.7% of all boys named Asher (48,557) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#758 (1886)#801
1890s11#978 (1895)#986
1900s0——
1910s108#1,589 (1910)#1,871
1920s152#1,545 (1922)#2,147
1930s114#1,716 (1932)#2,337
1940s103#1,983 (1940)#2,436
1950s100#2,033 (1959)#2,685
1960s121#1,906 (1967)#2,483
1970s315#1,221 (1979)#1,748
1980s787#930 (1983)#1,061
1990s1,705#601 (1999)#867
2000s11,125#165 (2009)#348
2010s48,557#43 (2019)#86
2020s47,998#20 (2022)#25

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Asher in 1880

boys
#809
6 births · 1 in 18,415 boys

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #809Asher6
More about 1880

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 18,415 of them was named Asher, which outranked 23.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asher
  1. #745Watt7
  2. #745Weaver7
  3. #745Wilton7
  4. #809Asher6
  5. #809Adolf6
  6. #809Albin6
  7. #809Albion6
  8. #909Ab5
  9. #909Abbott5
  10. #909Agustus5

Tied with 99 names at #809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →