Ashar
Masculine
Ashar is an Arabic and Urdu word, and it also names the third month of the Bengali calendar — the one the monsoon arrives in.
How old is the name Ashar?
Ashar first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Ashar is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Ashar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ashar most popular?
Ashar peaked in 2019, reaching #2851 nationally. Today it ranks #4050, 1,199 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ashar
Ours, offered as ours. The Bengali month Ashar is the one the monsoon breaks in, and it has a whole literature attached — Tagore wrote about it repeatedly, and the first rain of Ashar is one of the fixed subjects of Bengali song. That is a substantial thing for a name to sit next to. The Arabic readings offered in name lists are thinner and less well supported, and both should be given honestly rather than one confidently.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Arabic ashar is a comparative form and readings differ; ashar as a name is sometimes glossed as most alive or wide awake without clear support. Separately Ashar or Ashadha is a Bengali and Sanskrit month name. Neither is settled for the modern name.
Pronouncing Ashar
AH-shar
Two syllables, first stressed. Urdu gives a fuller second vowel.
Nicknames for Ashar
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
- 1994
- Most boys named
- 201943 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2851reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −16.1%26 in 2025, from 31
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.
Ashar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ashar in Bengali — related form
- Ashadha in Sanskrit — related form
- Ashar in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, New Jersey.
Ashars among us
people named Ashar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was named Ashar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ashar
- #4050
- Ashar on the 2025 chart
- #875
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ashar went to 26 boys in 2025, but Azhar is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 53, which makes it the 875th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,175 places above the chart.
- Azhar27
- Ashar26
About 1 boy in 32,228 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 65,695 for Ashar itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Naji test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ashar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Naji climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Naji's path sketches the road Ashar is walking now.
Ashar 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
Where Ashar is headed
Ashar should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ashar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ashar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ash is available immediately as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- A real and rather poetic month name stands behind one reading.
- The readings circulated in name lists are not well supported.
- Ashar, Asher and Ashir are all close and get confused.
- The two possible sources are unrelated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ashars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ashar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ashar?
- Ashar is one of 2 recorded spellings. Azhar is the more common one — 27 births in 2025 against 26 for Ashar.
- How popular is the name Ashar in 2025?
- Ashar ranks #4050 among US boy names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ashar?
- About 1 in every 65,695 US boys born in 2025 was named Ashar — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ashar with classmates?
- Ashar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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