How rare is the name Asher?

61,307 people in the United States have the first name Asher, about 1 in 4,927. It ranks #798 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ASHER

#798

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
61,307
About
1 in 4,927
This common or more
66.7%
Who bears it

Of the 61,307 people named Asher, 73.9% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% as two or more races. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Asher peaked in 2022, when 8,527 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
8,527
In 2025*
7,519 ▼12%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 112,690 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Asher by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #32. The largest share of babies named Asher, 77.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,00831
1890s#3,34211
1910s#3,954108
1920s#4,150152
1930s#4,366114
1940s#4,962103
1950s#5,832100
1960s#5,817121
1970s#3,894323
1980s#2,451821
1990s#1,8241,793
2000s#57211,320
2010s#12849,174
2020s#3248,519
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1219.6%
2013 and later77.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Asher is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Asher has been most common in Utah (2.4×), Alaska (2.4×), and Idaho (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.45×).

109,521 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Asher

#796 Dora · 61,606#797 Marian · 61,582#799 Elise · 61,120#800 Jacquelyn · 60,916

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Asher, most common first.

#16,909 Ashur · 660#18,842 Ashar · 568#23,091 Ascher · 427#36,086 Aser · 221#36,519 Ashir · 217#50,640 Ashor · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Asher ranks #2,792 of 156,621, with 12,567 people. See Asher as a last name

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