Asher
Pronounced AE1 SH AO1 R (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- 3 spellings
How popular is Asher?
Asher is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 106,447 children — the 300th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 8,496 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Ashur, Ascher and Ashor — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Asher and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ashur
- Ascher
- Ashor
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 SH AO1 R · AE1 SH ER0
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Asher
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Asher
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Asher?
- Asher ranks 300th among boys' names in US records, with 106,447 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 71,874.
- Is Asher a unisex name?
- No. Asher is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Asher most popular?
- 2022, when 8,496 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Asher spelled?
- Ashur, Ascher, Ashor. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.