Asher

maleStatistical record

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

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

Asher: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #28 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#28highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1666
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#1843
2004	#2278
2006	#3116
2011	#5785
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2022	#3533
2023	#2201
2024	#3015

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #88 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2012–2023
Highest recorded position: #28 among boys in New Zealand, in 2021 (recorded 2012–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #88 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Asher appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,021 births with the name.

Asher across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Asher's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#489 (1996)	#150 (2024)	#150 (2024)	29 of 29	4,021 (1996–2024)	343 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1666 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	19 of 29	119 (1996–2024)	12 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#211 (2025)	#211 (2025)	14 of 17	144 (2009–2025)	22 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#125 (2024)	#125 (2024)	10 of 15	81 (2010–2024)	17 (2024)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (2012)	#28 (2021)	#35 (2023)	11 of 12	916 (2012–2023)	122 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#90 (2018)	#74 (2022)	#88 (2025)	8 of 8	848 (2018–2025)	122 (2021)

Asher 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 Asher in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	199	4 of 10	50
2000s	633	10 of 10	63
2010s	1,597	10 of 10	160
2020sbusiest	1,592	5 of 10	318

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 318 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 57, from 89 to 146.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Asher appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #28 in New Zealand in 2021.

Asher'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#150	341	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#154	343	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#159	330	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#176	305	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#189	273	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#231	218	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#217	240	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#269	196	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#288	176	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#284	170	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#314	146	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#394	104	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#311	146	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#436	89	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#364	112	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#427	89	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#458	78	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#492	66	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#407	82	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#445	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#384	74	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#473	51	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#449	49	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#510	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#406	55	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#376	60	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#489	37	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#35	90	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#31	109	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#28	122	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#45	88	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#46	99	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#54	89	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#70	74	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#76	71	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#74	75	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#92	49	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#95	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#125	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	20	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	19	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#155	29	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #28, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 343 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 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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Ashir · #2435, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Brandon · #27, 34y
Harvey · #27, 31y
Imogen · #26, 34y
Alyssa · #25, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Lottie · #28, 30y
Sonny · #28, 30y
Abbie · #27, 33y
Brandon · #27, 34y

Asher was ranked #28 in New Zealand · Boys in 2021. 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.

Asher 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Asher without appearing here.

Asher moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #5687.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #4709.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Asher

Dylan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2432.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2444 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3116 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2165 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.

Moved the opposite way to Asher

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asher went from #489 to #150 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Asher went from #2096 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asher went from #489 to #150 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asher went from #489 to #150 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Asher

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Asher went from #2096 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Asher went from #2096 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Asher went from #2096 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Asher went from #489 to #150 and Albie from #853 to #19.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #28 in New Zealand in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Asher

Asher at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Asher across 6 official records

Asher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Asher appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Asher and the names beside it

Asher moved ahead of

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Asher at a glance

Asher across 6 official records

Asher by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Asher 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 Asher

Asher and the names beside it

Asher moved ahead of

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