Ashar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ashar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ashar: Recorded since 1998, it reached #749 in 2018, and it stood at #1,897 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#749highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2002	#2254
2004	#3651
2006	#2538
2007	#2741
2008	#2507
2009	#2837
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#1270
2013	#1247
2014	#1560
2015	#1279
2016	#1363
2017	#1339
2018	#1683
2019	#1655
2020	#1935
2021	#1688
2022	#1469
2023	#1701
2024	#1402
2025	#1897

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

In 2018: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1683 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1897 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Ashar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ashar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	36	7 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	88	6 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Ashar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Ashar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#1897	13	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Ashar is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Ashar, between 1998 and 2025, in 25 of those 28 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1998–2025	25	#1247 in 2013
Republic of Ireland	2018	1	#749 in 2018

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #749, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Asher · #28, 30y
Åshild · #73, 79y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 26y
Kaeden · #749, 23y
Konstantinos · #749, 26y
Lex · #749, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdul-Raheem · #749, 26y
Alissia · #749, 29y
Konstantinos · #749, 26y
Lex · #749, 26y

Ashar was ranked #749 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ashar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ashar without appearing here.

Ashar moved ahead of

Graham
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #5119.
Erin
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1270 and #4805.
Kim
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1270 and #4805.
Rodney
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1270 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Ashar

Arlo
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Cillian
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Rune
In 2024 they stood at #1402 and #1460 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #1897 and #1124.
Filip
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2425 and #1664.

Moved the opposite way to Ashar

Brett
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ashar went from #2419 to #1402 while Brett went from #212 to #4270.
Courtney
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ashar went from #2419 to #1402 while Courtney went from #554 to #4270.
Erin
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ashar went from #2419 to #1402 while Erin went from #1642 to #4270.
Grant
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ashar went from #2419 to #1402 while Grant went from #232 to #4270.

What is known about Ashar

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1998–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #749 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ashar

Ashar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ashar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ashar appears in

Popularity data

Where Ashar is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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What is known about Ashar

Ashar at a glance

Ashar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ashar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ashar

Ashar and the names beside it

Ashar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ashar

Moved the opposite way to Ashar