Usher — #2310 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Usher

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,225 babies named Usher between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Usher currently holds the #2310 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Usher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Usher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 856 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Usher in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Usher in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,225 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.