Ashur
Ashur was the 3519th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2675th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 748 places. More babies were named Ashur in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Asher) happy, fortunate · Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #3,519 boys, down 755 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202449 babies
- Total since 1880
- 794babies recorded
What does the name Ashur mean?
Ashur is a spelling of Asher, pronounced the same way, so it shares Asher's meaning and origin.
Asher is the Hebrew name of Jacob's eighth son, born to Leah's servant Zilpah, and of one of the tribes of Israel. In Genesis 30:13 Leah gives the name with an exclamation about her good fortune. The JPS note connects the name with the Hebrew be-ʼoshri, which the verse explains as 'women will deem me fortunate'.
אָשֵׁר (Biblical Hebrew, “Asher”)
How sure is this? Probable.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean joy.
Ashur popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,519 | 32 |
| 2020 | #2,764 | 44 |
| 2010 | #4,529 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,073 | 19 |
| 1990 | #7,243 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ashur, counting every spelling?
Ashur is a spelling of Asher, a name family that ranked #32 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,519 for Ashur on its own. Together these spellings went to 7,512 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asher | 7,456 | #28 | 40,300 |
| Ashur | 32 | #3,519 | 195 |
| Ascher | 24 | #4,261 | 123 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ashur?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ashur (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ashur born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ashur.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ashur?
About 800 people born in the US named Ashur are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Ashur a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ashur by state
How common Ashur was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ashur: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ashur, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ashur
What does Ashur mean?
Ashur is a spelling of Asher, which means “happy, fortunate” (Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Ashur?
Ashur was the 3519th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2675th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 748 places. More babies were named Ashur in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ashur a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ashur in the US.
Where is Ashur most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ashur was most common in Illinois (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and California.