How Many People Are Named Asher?
people named Asher are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 112,690 babies named Asher in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,527 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew. Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Asher, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Asher alive today is about 8 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Asher first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 8,527 babies. In 2025, 7,519 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Asher never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 2022 and 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 12 years, 2014 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #28.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #28 |
| Best rank | #20 (2022 and 2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 12 (2014 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #86 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Asher alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Asher were born in Texas than in any other state: about 9,344 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Asher was given 2.4 times as often in Wyoming, 2.2 times in North Dakota and 2.1 times in South Dakota.
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