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Baby name
Asher
Boy
Origin of the name
Asher comes from the Hebrew, “happy, blessed.” In the Bible, Asher is a son of Jacob, ancestor of one of the twelve tribes.
Comeback name
111,227births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 20rank at its peak, in 2022
Where babies named Asher are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Asher is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Asher is most common in Idaho (2.1 times), Utah (2) and Alaska (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Usher 1,306
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