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How popular is “Asher” in the USA?

Number of people named “Asher” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Asher” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Asher” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Asher” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Asher” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Asher” by birth year

This chart shows how “Asher” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1924 16 0.000006718 16 -100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 18 0.000008526 18 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 14 0.000006741 14 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 11 0.000002854 11 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 27 0.00000895 27 -100%
1974 24 0.000007895 24 -100%
1975 43 0.000014241 8 35 -63%
1976 34 0.000011205 34 -100%
1977 42 0.000013222 42 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 56 0.000016832 56 -100%
1980 66 0.000019161 66 -100%
1981 81 0.000023415 5 76 -88%
1982 75 0.00002138 8 67 -79%
1983 96 0.000027719 6 90 -88%
1984 81 0.000023217 9 72 -78%
1985 94 0.000026337 94 -100%
1986 90 0.000025302 6 84 -87%
1987 88 0.000024406 88 -100%
1988 72 0.000019486 72 -100%
1989 78 0.000020289 78 -100%
1990 103 0.00002606 8 95 -84%
1991 110 0.000028239 5 105 -91%
1992 125 0.000032541 125 -100%
1993 136 0.000036072 7 129 -90%
1994 158 0.0000425 9 149 -89%
1995 155 0.000042325 13 142 -83%
1996 200 0.000054837 12 188 -88%
1997 223 0.000061505 10 213 -91%
1998 257 0.000069871 10 247 -92%
1999 326 0.000088254 14 312 -91%
2000 363 0.000096034 17 346 -91%
2001 425 0.000113533 10 415 -95%
2002 489 0.000130808 11 478 -96%
2003 641 0.000168581 15 626 -95%
2004 916 0.000239733 21 895 -95%
2005 1175 0.000305604 19 1156 -97%
2006 1387 0.00035059 18 1369 -97%
2007 1611 0.000402983 31 1580 -96%
2008 1931 0.000491265 26 1905 -97%
2009 2380 0.000623008 26 2354 -98%
2010 2890 0.000781982 30 2860 -98%
2011 3455 0.000944559 36 3419 -98%
2012 3606 0.000985955 46 3560 -97%
2013 3764 0.001032459 44 3720 -98%
2014 4408 0.001189302 75 4333 -97%
2015 5211 0.001408031 75 5136 -97%
2016 5598 0.001525882 73 5525 -97%
2017 6143 0.001717748 85 6058 -97%
2018 6947 0.001975883 69 6878 -98%
2019 7139 0.002056796 83 7056 -98%
2020 7787 0.002331035 92 7695 -98%
2021 8466 0.002498857 103 8363 -98%
2022 8519 0.002518079 109 8410 -97%
2023 7972 0.002407589 81 7891 -98%
2024 8194 0.002461769 71 8123 -98%

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