Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 180
- 180 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,847 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,847 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 221 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aser’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Aser has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Асир. In Greek usage, Aser is a transliteration of Άσερ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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