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Ashir

Boy · AA-shir · Arabic

Ashir is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

Where does Ashir come from?

Arabic: spelling of Aashir; Arabic name of debated meaning

Say it
AA-shir

Meaning borrowed from Aashir.

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

Ashir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ashir in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ashir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 7 in 20072024
Ashir in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20244#4,346
20235#3,712
20220–
20213#4,989
20200–
20195#3,597
20180–
20170–
20160–
20154#4,086
20140–
20130–
20120–
20113#4,837
20104#4,026
20095#3,395
20086#2,906
20077#2,554
20063#4,204
20050–
20040–
20034#2,990
20024#2,751
20013#3,255
20003#3,146
19993#3,043
19983#3,021
19971#3,857
19963#2,949

How popular is Ashir in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,859among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Ashir, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the boys named Ashir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 15 in 20212025
Ashir in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
20249#8,307
20238#8,916
202213#6,473
202115#5,771
202010#7,497
201913#6,401
201810#7,613
20175#12,241
201612#6,721
20157#9,562
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20107#9,686
20096#10,989
20085#12,546
200712#6,618
200612#6,455
20057#9,108
20046#9,941
20030–
20020–
20017#8,332

Names like Ashir

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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