Given name
Asier
Asier is a masculine given name from Basque. It is used in Basque.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asier through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 216
- 216 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,226 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,226 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Asier
- Asier IllarramendiSpanish association football playerborn 1990
- Asier del HornoSpanish footballer (born 1981)
- Asier VillalibreSpanish association football playerborn 1997
- Asier RiesgoSpanish association football playerborn 1983
- Asier GaritanoSpanish football player/managerborn 1969
- Asier MartínezSpanish hurdlerborn 2000
- Asier MaeztuSpanish cyclistborn 1977
- Asier EtxeandiaSpanish actorborn 1975
- Asier GoiriaSpanish footballerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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