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Boy's name · #28 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
99% boys · 1% girls — Asher is also given to girls: 63 in 2025, about 1 in 95 in recent years. Asher →
Asher is near its high-water mark: it reached #20 in 2022 and still ranked #28 in 2025. About 111,000 boys have carried it since 1880.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#36 in New Zealand (2025) · #73 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #84 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #88 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #92 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #97 in Ecuador (2025) · #133 in Scotland (2025) · #149 in N. Ireland (2025) · #150 in England & Wales (2025) · #212 in Ireland (2025) · #570 in Belgium (2025) · #834 in Sweden (2025) and 4 more.
Among 184 notable people named Asher:
Business leaders appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Asher Karni, Israeli businessman.
Similar names: Ezekiel · Ashton · Ezra · Josiah · Axel · Jonah
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