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Usher

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Usher is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 61 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
610.00% of boys
Peak year
202461 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
1,225people given the name
Babies named Usher, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,225 boys have been named Usher in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 61 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 34%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Usher
1910s5
1920s10
1930s6
1940s9
1950s12
1960s10
1970s18
1980s40
1990s127
2000s322
2010s421
2020s245

In 2024, its biggest year

Usher was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Usher

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.