Ashur
Boy · AH-shoor
Ashur is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Ashur mean?
Akkadian, the name of the chief god of ancient Assyria
Ashur was the chief god of the Assyrians and the name of their first capital; in Genesis Asshur is a son of Shem.
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Is Ashur a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashur is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashur in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Ashur, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer boys named Ashur than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Ashur in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashur in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Ashur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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