Name meaning & stats
Asher
Asher means “happy, blessed” (Hebrew origin). 112,274 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
“happy, blessed”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
112,274 US babies were named Asher between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Asher (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Asher is the main spelling
- Asher 98%
- Ashur 1%
- Ashar 1%
- Azhar <1%
- Aashir <1%
- Ashir <1%
- Ashyr <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)