Ashar Boy
How popular is Ashar?
#4,049 boy name in 2025
26 baby boys were named Ashar in the US in 2025, making it the 4049th most popular boy name.
Ashar popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,049 for boys (▼ 446 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,709 in 2015, #3,272 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (43 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,850 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ashar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Asher family of names ranked #31 for boys in 2025 (#24 the year before), with 7,570 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asher | 7,456 | 98% |
| Ashur | 32 | 0% |
| Ashar | 26 | 0% |
| Azhar | 27 | 0% |
| Ashir | 15 | 0% |
| Aashir | 8 | 0% |
| Azhir | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ashar is most popular
Babies named Ashar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Ashar by decade
Boy names about as popular as Ashar
Questions
- Is Ashar a boy or girl name?
- Ashar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ashar were boys.
- How popular is the name Ashar?
- 26 baby boys were named Ashar in the US in 2025, making it the 4049th most popular boy name.
- When was Ashar most popular?
- Ashar peaked in 2019, when 43 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,850 in 2019.
- How many people are named Ashar?
- 574 babies have been named Ashar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 570 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Ashar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ashar was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.