boys:
713 births since 1979
#3874 (15th percentile)
overall:
713 births since 1979
#7026 (9th percentile)
The name Ashur is the #7,026 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 713 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,874 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 713 births since 1979.
Ashur first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for boys in 1979). Birth data for Ashur is available in 34 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ashur reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #862) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ashur ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 80.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashur".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ashur", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Asher" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Asher..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ashur. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Ashur is pronounced as A-sher, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-sher, at 27.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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