Asher
Nationally, Asher lands at #28 for 2025, right at the top of its own curve. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 111,227 American bearers across the record.
What Asher carries
Asher · Hebrew
“blessed”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Asher’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Asher, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Asher since 1880
Asher peaked in 2022 at #20; #28 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Asher is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Asher runs strongest in Wyoming at 1.19% in 2025, then West Virginia and Alaska.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Asher
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Abel
#231 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriel
#37 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezra
#20 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Naomi
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Levi
#12 in 2025 · Hebrew
Micah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Asher
How common is Asher today?
Nationally, Asher lands at #28 for 2025, right at the top of its own curve. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Asher?
The gloss on record reads “blessed”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Asher?
The recipe puts Abel first, then Ezra, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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