boy's name

Ashir

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 256

Ashir is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Ashir is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 2021, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2001.

Ashir over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Ashir by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 55
2010s 54
2020s (to 2025) 70

How popular is Ashir?

In 2025, Ashir was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Ashir is used

Canada #2,998 5 in 2012
England & Wales #4,891 4 in 2024
United States #6,036 15 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ashir

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ashir also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ashir over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ashir

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ashir — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ashir

How popular is the name Ashir?

In 2025, Ashir was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Ashir is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Ashir most popular?

Ashir peaked in 2021, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Ashir a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ashir currently ranks #6,036 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.