Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Asher

#292 most common boys' name of all time · #636 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#292
Rank overall
#636 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
112,690
Since 2016
74,353
Peak year
2022 #20
Best rank
#20 2022
Girls Boys peak 8,527/yr
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Asher is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 63 7,456 7,519 #28
2024 72 8,159 8,231 #20
2023 82 7,897 7,979 #23
2022 109 8,418 8,527 #20
2021 103 8,370 8,473 #25
2020 92 7,698 7,790 #32
2019 83 7,058 7,141 #43
2018 69 6,879 6,948 #47
2017 85 6,062 6,147 #59
2016 73 5,525 5,598 #71
2015 75 5,137 5,212 #82
2014 75 4,333 4,408 #92
2013 44 3,720 3,764 #104
2012 46 3,560 3,606 #108
2011 37 3,420 3,457 #113
2010 30 2,863 2,893 #138
2009 26 2,354 2,380 #165
2008 26 1,906 1,932 #206
2007 32 1,580 1,612 #233
2006 18 1,369 1,387 #252
2005 19 1,156 1,175 #288
2004 21 895 916 #335
2003 15 626 641 #411
2002 11 478 489 #484
2001 10 415 425 #529
2000 17 346 363 #578
1999 14 312 326 #601
1998 10 247 257 #686
1997 10 213 223 #729
1996 12 188 200 #775
1995 13 142 155 #932
1994 9 149 158 #888
1993 7 129 136 #947
1992 — 125 125 #962
1991 5 105 110 #1,055
1990 8 95 103 #1,096
1989 — 78 78 #1,215
1988 — 72 72 #1,192
1987 — 88 88 #1,012
1986 6 84 90 #1,010
1985 — 94 94 #942
1984 9 72 81 #1,056
1983 6 90 96 #931
1982 8 67 75 #1,117
1981 5 76 81 #1,044
1980 — 66 66 #1,114
1979 — 56 56 #1,223
1978 — 47 47 #1,329
1977 — 42 42 #1,414
1976 — 34 34 #1,579
1975 8 35 43 #1,509
1974 — 24 24 #1,893
1973 — 27 27 #1,700
1972 — 20 20 #2,026
1971 — 14 14 #2,568
1970 — 16 16 #2,309
1969 — 12 12 #2,563
1968 — 16 16 #2,041
1967 — 17 17 #1,917
1966 — 14 14 #2,143
1965 — 7 7 #3,268
1964 — 15 15 #2,129
1963 — 8 8 #3,061
1962 — 9 9 #2,868
1961 — 11 11 #2,553
1960 — 12 12 #2,438
1959 — 16 16 #2,044
1958 — 9 9 #2,840
1957 — 10 10 #2,650
1956 — 11 11 #2,511
1955 — 5 5 #3,921
1954 — 11 11 #2,461
1953 — 11 11 #2,413
1952 — 8 8 #2,894
1951 — 12 12 #2,256
1950 — 7 7 #3,041
1949 — 14 14 #2,034
1948 — 9 9 #2,623
1947 — 7 7 #3,113
1946 — 7 7 #2,943
1945 — 10 10 #2,262
1944 — 13 13 #2,008
1943 — 14 14 #2,003
1942 — 10 10 #2,406
1941 — 6 6 #3,167
1940 — 13 13 #1,999
1939 — 10 10 #2,316
1938 — 11 11 #2,202
1937 — 13 13 #2,006
1936 — 15 15 #1,808
1935 — 10 10 #2,409
1934 — 14 14 #1,950
1933 — 10 10 #2,387
1932 — 18 18 #1,725
1931 — 7 7 #3,113
1930 — 6 6 #3,626
1929 — 10 10 #2,602
1928 — 9 9 #2,867
1927 — 16 16 #2,057
1926 — 15 15 #2,088
1925 — 15 15 #2,103
1924 — 16 16 #2,060
1923 — 14 14 #2,240
1922 — 24 24 #1,551
1921 — 17 17 #1,989
1920 — 16 16 #2,064
1919 — 21 21 #1,631
1918 — 15 15 #2,084
1917 — 15 15 #2,003
1916 — 16 16 #1,863
1915 — 17 17 #1,715
1914 — 12 12 #1,884
1913 — 7 7 #2,300
1910 — 5 5 #1,620
1895 — 6 6 #1,003
1890 — 5 5 #1,044
1887 — 6 6 #858
1886 — 7 7 #798
1885 — 6 6 #873
1881 — 6 6 #825
1880 — 6 6 #837