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Asher

ASH-er · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Happy; blessed
Language
Hebrew
Culture
Jewish
Religion
Jewish
Style era
modern
Themes
biblical · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#20
2024 births8,123
Peak year2022
First appeared1880
Total US births103,698
2022 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Ash
Alternate spellings
AscherAsser
In other languages
Asher (Hebrew)Aser (Greek)

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