Ashur

Peak · boys
2024 · 49 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
794
since 1979

Ashur over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ashur has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020boysat 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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Yearboys
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2025#3,51332
2024#2,67449
2023#3,34735
2022#3,21637
2021#2,91842
2020#2,75944
2019#3,14337
2018#2,94340
2017#3,44032
2016#4,62421
2015#2,76643
2014#3,69328
2013#3,75327
2012#3,29733
2011#3,36432
2010#4,51721
2009#4,03525
2008#5,06718
2007#5,43416
2006#4,67519
2005#4,32620
2004#4,42119
2003#4,81516
2002#6,08811
2001#4,67616
2000#4,06619
1999#9,9125
1998#9,6315
1997#8,1106
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1995#5,50110
1994#6,9687
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1990#7,1786
1989#5,6158
1988#7,2705
1987#6,9515
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five boys were named Ashur! It came in at #6,056, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1988, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ashur is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ashur, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #1,139 in North Carolina, 2018.

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See more about Ashur
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 754 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,513)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 2024 at #2,674 (49 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 35,161
  • Highest: 1 in 35,161 boys born in 2024 were named Ashur (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 39.5% of all boys named Ashur (314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#6,056 (1979)#6,056
1980s18#5,615 (1989)#6,612
1990s39#5,501 (1995)#7,883
2000s179#4,035 (2009)#4,760
2010s314#2,766 (2015)#3,554
2020s239#2,674 (2024)#3,071

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.

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