# Asher (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/asher/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæ.ʃɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 112,690 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 111,227 / 1,463 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,509, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָשֵׁר ('ashér).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,007 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,473 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,521 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,418 |
| 2015 | 75 | 2,435 |
| 2016 | 73 | 2,485 |
| 2017 | 85 | 2,224 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,534 |
| 2019 | 83 | 2,219 |
| 2020 | 92 | 2,024 |
| 2021 | 103 | 1,913 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,856 |
| 2023 | 82 | 2,259 |
| 2024 | 72 | 2,493 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,721 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,420 | 113 |
| 2012 | 3,560 | 108 |
| 2013 | 3,720 | 104 |
| 2014 | 4,333 | 92 |
| 2015 | 5,137 | 82 |
| 2016 | 5,525 | 71 |
| 2017 | 6,062 | 59 |
| 2018 | 6,879 | 47 |
| 2019 | 7,058 | 43 |
| 2020 | 7,698 | 32 |
| 2021 | 8,370 | 25 |
| 2022 | 8,418 | 20 |
| 2023 | 7,897 | 23 |
| 2024 | 8,159 | 20 |
| 2025 | 7,456 | 28 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,278 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 436 |
| 2012 | 146 | 311 |
| 2013 | 104 | 394 |
| 2014 | 146 | 314 |
| 2015 | 170 | 284 |
| 2016 | 176 | 288 |
| 2017 | 196 | 269 |
| 2018 | 240 | 217 |
| 2019 | 218 | 231 |
| 2020 | 273 | 189 |
| 2021 | 305 | 176 |
| 2022 | 330 | 159 |
| 2023 | 343 | 154 |
| 2024 | 341 | 150 |
| 2025 | 360 | 150 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 阿舍
- Dutch: Aser
- Hebrew: אָשֵׁר
- Hindi: ऐशर

## People named Asher

- Asher Angel, American actor
- Ralph Asher Alpher, American cosmologist (1921–2007)
- Asher Brown Durand, American painter and engraver (1796-1886)
- Asher Roth, American rapper
- Asher Monroe, American dancer and actor
- Asher Keddie, Australian actress
- Asher Hong, American gymnast
- Asher Robbins, American politician (1757-1845)
- Arthur Miller, American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
- Simon A. Levin, American ecologist (born 1941)
- Eliot A. Cohen, American neoconservative military historian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.