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
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 8,418 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 111,227since 1880
Asher over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,719 | 63 | #28 | 7,456 |
| 2024 | #2,491 | 72 | #20 | 8,159 |
| 2023 | #2,258 | 82 | #23 | 7,897 |
| 2022 | #1,856 | 109 | #20 | 8,418 |
| 2021 | #1,910 | 103 | #25 | 8,370 |
| 2020 | #2,023 | 92 | #32 | 7,698 |
| 2019 | #2,217 | 83 | #43 | 7,058 |
| 2018 | #2,532 | 69 | #47 | 6,879 |
| 2017 | #2,221 | 85 | #59 | 6,062 |
| 2016 | #2,479 | 73 | #71 | 5,525 |
| 2015 | #2,431 | 75 | #82 | 5,137 |
| 2014 | #2,412 | 75 | #92 | 4,333 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #104 | 3,720 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #108 | 3,560 |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | #113 | 3,420 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #138 | 2,863 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #165 | 2,354 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #206 | 1,906 |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | #233 | 1,580 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #252 | 1,369 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #288 | 1,156 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #335 | 895 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #411 | 626 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #484 | 478 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #529 | 415 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #578 | 346 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #601 | 312 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #686 | 247 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #729 | 213 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #775 | 188 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #931 | 142 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #886 | 149 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #945 | 129 |
| 1992 | — | #961 | 125 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,055 | 105 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,096 | 95 |
| 1989 | — | #1,214 | 78 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,009 | 88 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,008 | 84 |
| 1985 | — | #939 | 94 | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,054 | 72 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #930 | 90 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,115 | 67 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,044 | 76 |
| 1980 | — | #1,111 | 66 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,221 | 56 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | — | #1,886 | 24 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,043 | 16 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
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| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
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| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#733 · 1 in 11,362
- California#1,182 · 1 in 27,571
Best ever in a state: #1 in West Virginia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #733 | 10 | 1 in 11,362 |
| California | #1,182 | 6 | 1 in 27,571 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Asher
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #20 (8,418 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 207 boys born in 2022 were named Asher (0.48%)
- Latest: 1 in 229 boys born in 2025 (0.44%)
- 43.7% of all boys named Asher (48,557) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #758 (1886) | #801 |
| 1890s | 11 | #978 (1895) | #986 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,589 (1910) | #1,871 |
| 1920s | 152 | #1,545 (1922) | #2,147 |
| 1930s | 114 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,337 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,983 (1940) | #2,436 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,033 (1959) | #2,685 |
| 1960s | 121 | #1,906 (1967) | #2,483 |
| 1970s | 315 | #1,221 (1979) | #1,748 |
| 1980s | 787 | #930 (1983) | #1,061 |
| 1990s | 1,705 | #601 (1999) | #867 |
| 2000s | 11,125 | #165 (2009) | #348 |
| 2010s | 48,557 | #43 (2019) | #86 |
| 2020s | 47,998 | #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 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 39,124 of them was named Asher, which outranked 79.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,390Sherwin43
- #1,390Travon43
- #1,390Yusef43
- #1,407Asher42
- #1,407Adolph42
- #1,407Anthoney42
- #1,407Berry42
- #1,431Dandre41
- #1,431Derwin41
- #1,431Geronimo41
Tied with 23 names at #1,407; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.