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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994boysat 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
1912
1911
1910#1,5895
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1907
1906
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1899
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1896
1895#9786
1894
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1890#9945
1889
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1887#8196
1886#7587
1885#8366
1884
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1882
1881#7816
1880#8096
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.

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 1994

girls
#8,804
9 births · 1 in 198,417 girls
boys
#886
149 births · 1 in 12,967 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #8,804Asher9

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #886Asher149
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 198,417 of them was named Asher, which outranked 44.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asher
  1. #8,122Ziomara10
  2. #8,122Zofia10
  3. #8,122Zykia10
  4. #8,804Asher9
  5. #8,804Aalliyah9
  6. #8,804Aarin9
  7. #8,804Aasha9
  8. #9,586Aaliyan8
  9. #9,586Abagale8
  10. #9,586Abbye8

Tied with 781 names at #8,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 12,967 of them was named Asher, which outranked 91.4% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Asher
  1. #883Jess150
  2. #883Jody150
  3. #883Jorden150
  4. #886Asher149
  5. #886Chester149
  6. #886Demetri149
  7. #886Devontae149
  8. #892Auston148
  9. #892Coby148
  10. #892Marques148

Tied with 5 names at #886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994