Asher
Asher was given to 7,456 boys in 2025, #28 among boys’ names; 112,690 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 111,000 Americans named Asher and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 12.
Asher came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1895 and returned in 1983.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Asher by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Asher mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Asher is “a male given name from Hebrew.”
Also “a female given name from Hebrew.”
Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).
/ˈæ.ʃɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Asher?
#28 among boys’ names, 2025
Asher rose from #82 in 2015 to #28 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.7 to 4.4 per 1,000.
8,527 babies in 2022, the peak
Asher peaked in 2022, when 8,527 babies were given it (8,418 boys, #20 among boys’ names). The 7,519 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 88% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,456 | #28 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 8,159 | #20 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 7,897 | #23 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 8,418 | #20 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 8,370 | #25 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 7,698 | #32 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | 7,058 | #43 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 6,879 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 6,062 | #59 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 5,525 | #71 | 2.9 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,137 | #82 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 4,333 | #92 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 3,720 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 3,560 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 3,420 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 2,863 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 2,354 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 1,906 | #206 | 0.93 |
| 2007 | 1,580 | #233 | 0.76 |
| 2006 | 1,369 | #252 | 0.67 |
| 2005 | 1,156 | #288 | 0.58 |
| 2004 | 895 | #335 | 0.45 |
| 2003 | 626 | #411 | 0.32 |
| 2002 | 478 | #484 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 415 | #529 | 0.21 |
| 2000 | 346 | #578 | 0.18 |
| 1999 | 312 | #600 | 0.16 |
| 1998 | 247 | #686 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 213 | #728 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 188 | #774 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 142 | #929 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 149 | #883 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 129 | #944 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 125 | #958 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,049 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,210 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 94 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 90 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,224 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,327 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,888 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,022 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,573 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,303 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,558 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,036 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,906 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,262 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,119 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,058 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,852 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,551 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,428 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,038 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,831 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,644 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,502 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,915 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,459 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,402 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,888 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,255 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,046 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,029 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,619 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,106 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,934 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,993 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,161 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,295 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,996 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,806 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,402 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,935 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,376 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,109 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,616 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,603 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,859 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,044 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,080 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,096 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,231 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,549 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,054 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,630 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,078 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,993 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,858 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,291 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,605 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 6 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 6 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 7 | #766 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 6 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 6 | #787 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 6 | #822 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Asher a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 112,690 Americans recorded as Asher, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 63 girls and 7,456 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Asher: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Asher, and how old are they?
111,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 112,690 Americans ever recorded as Asher. The median Asher alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 12.
The 2020 Census counted 61,307 people named Asher (1,039 women and girls, 60,268 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 65,093 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 129 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 409 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,660 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 21,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 87,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Asher born?
The states with the most babies named Asher are Texas, Florida and California, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 630 | #51 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 589 | #17 | 0.9× |
| California | 545 | #63 | 0.7× |
| New York | 393 | #33 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 306 | #10 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 297 | #19 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 295 | #25 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 288 | #22 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 253 | #13 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 209 | #42 | 0.7× |
Where Asher is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Asher is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Asher with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 114,573 babies since 1880, Asher is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7,519 of their 7,600 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Asher
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Asher and names like it
- Compare Asher and AshurBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAsher peaked in 2022.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Asher since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Asher: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Asher.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Asher alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.