Ascher
Masculine · “happy”
Ascher is the German and Yiddish spelling of Asher, and Genesis explains the name in the sentence that gives it — Leah says, happy am I.
How old is the name Ascher?
Ascher first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Ascher is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Ascher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ascher most popular?
Ascher peaked in 2013, reaching #2998 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 1,251 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
Where it comes from
From asher to Ascher
The story of Ascher
Asher is one of Jacob's sons and the tribe named for him held the coastal strip of Galilee, which Jacob's blessing describes as producing rich food. The name stayed in continuous Jewish use. German and Yiddish spelling gives Ascher, with the ch marking the sh sound as German requires. It appears in American records with German-Jewish families and, more recently, as a stylish respelling.
Meaning
happy, fortunate
From Hebrew asher, happy or blessed; Genesis has Leah exclaim in my happiness and name the child accordingly. The same root gives the word for congratulations in modern Hebrew.
How the name formed
- asher
- Ascher
Related forms: Asher · Osher · Asher
Pronouncing Ascher
ASH-er
Two syllables, first stressed; the sch is a single sh sound in German.
Nicknames for Ascher
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2004
- Most boys named
- 201337 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2998reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%24 in 2025, from 18
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ascher in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Asher in Hebrew — same name
- Osher in Yiddish — spelling variant
- Asher in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Aschers among us
people named Ascher are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Ascher
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Artavious test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ascher's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Artavious climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Artavious's path sketches the road Ascher is walking now.
Ascher sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Ascher beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ascher in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that the biblical text explains outright.
- Ash is available immediately as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- A very cheerful meaning, which few names have so plainly.
- Asher is the standard English spelling and will be written for him.
- The sch looks German and English readers may say it as a k.
- Asher is very widely used now, so a classroom may hold more than one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aschers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Ascher are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ascher in 2025?
- Ascher ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ascher?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Ascher — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ascher with classmates?
- Ascher will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ascher
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