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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

AsherIn Hebrew: אשר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אָשֵׁרRomanization: ashér

Asher (Hebrew: אשר) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 11,319 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 139 boys and ranked #136. Its peak year was 1960, with 238 babies.

People in Israel
11,319
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
139
rank #136
Peak year
1960
238 babies
USA, 2025
7,456
rank #28

Writing and saying Asher

In Hebrew letters the name is אשר, read right to left. Asher is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ashér" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Asher (the eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)
  • a male given name

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Asher by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Asher: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Asher in English-speaking countries

Asher in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20257,456#282022 (8,418)
United Kingdom2025409#1382025 (409)
England and Wales2025360#1502025 (360)
Scotland202534#1322025 (34)
Northern Ireland202515#1492024 (17)
Ireland202522#2102025 (22)
British Columbia202366#312020 (100)
Alberta202595#272021 (117)
Quebec202523#2312025 (23)
New South Wales202598#882021 (122)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Asher has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Asher

How do you write Asher in Hebrew?

Asher is written אשר in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָשֵׁר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ashér".

How many people in Israel are named Asher?

11,319 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אשר: 0 women and 11,319 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Asher a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אשר are men.

What does the name Asher mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Asher (the eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah)"

Is Asher used outside Israel?

The name Asher appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 7,456 boys were given it in 2025 (#28), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 409 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.