NameTides

Asher

Asher was the #28 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,456 babies), and #150 in England & Wales and #58 in Canada.

Asher as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Asher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Asher as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#28 (7,456)#150 (360)#132 (34)#149 (15)#211 (22)#58 (447)#88 (98)#92 (84)
2024#20 (8,159)#150 (341)#155 (29)#125 (17)#222 (20)#46 (495)#78 (104)#79 (97)
2023#23 (7,897)#154 (343)#214 (20)#249 (7)#330 (12)#52 (460)#97 (88)#92 (73)
2022#20 (8,418)#159 (330)#191 (23)#192 (11)#251 (19)#56 (466)#74 (115)#66 (102)
2021#25 (8,370)#176 (305)#233 (19)#176 (13)#336 (12)#54 (517)#77 (122)#67 (103)
2020#32 (7,698)#189 (273)#231 (18)#252 (7)#361 (11)#49 (533)#87 (103)#94 (77)
2019#43 (7,058)#231 (218)#244 (18)#312 (5)#402 (9)#61 (507)#77 (114)#78 (99)
2018#47 (6,879)#217 (240)#310 (12)#215 (9)#572 (5)#69 (475)#90 (104)#98 (70)
2017#59 (6,062)#269 (196)#352 (10)—#443 (7)#72 (463)—#99 (66)
2016#71 (5,525)#288 (176)#592 (4)—#491 (6)#98 (389)——
2015#82 (5,137)#284 (170)#389 (8)—#376 (10)#83 (440)——
2014#92 (4,333)#314 (146)#378 (9)—#609 (4)#129 (327)——
2013#104 (3,720)#394 (104)#590 (4)#343 (4)—#139 (277)——
2012#108 (3,560)#311 (146)#500 (5)#311 (5)—#147 (265)——
2011#113 (3,420)#436 (89)#544 (4)——#170 (217)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #20.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 230 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 230common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 760common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 580common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 360common

Next year

On its recent trend, Asher is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 240.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Asher by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #32MEWisconsin: #23WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #33NHWashington: #29WAIdaho: #9IDMontana: #15MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #24MNIllinois: #42ILMichigan: #33MINew York: #33NYMassachusetts: #76MAOregon: #34ORNevada: #32NVWyoming: #20WYSouth Dakota: #13SDIowa: #20IAIndiana: #17INOhio: #22OHPennsylvania: #25PANew Jersey: #46NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #66RICalifornia: #63CAUtah: #30UTColorado: #31CONebraska: #16NEMissouri: #26MOKentucky: #11KYWest Virginia: #7WVVirginia: #31VAMaryland: #34MDDelaware: #93DEArizona: #42AZNew Mexico: #30NMKansas: #22KSArkansas: #13ARTennessee: #13TNNorth Carolina: #19NCSouth Carolina: #15SCDistrict of Columbia: #74DCOklahoma: #14OKLouisiana: #14LAMississippi: #14MSAlabama: #12ALGeorgia: #10GAHawaii: #28HITexas: #51TXFlorida: #17FL
Asher (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40229
Quebec2025#23123

Asher (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AsherCanadaGirls—too few
AsherCanadaBoys#58447
AsherEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
AsherEngland & WalesBoys#150360
AsherIrelandBoys#21122
AsherNorthern IrelandBoys#14915
AsherNSWBoys#8898
AsherScotlandBoys#13234
AsherUSGirls#2,71963
AsherUSBoys#287,456
AsherVICBoys#9284