Usher
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
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
| Decade | boys named Usher | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 10 | |
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 9 | |
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 40 | |
| 1990s | 127 | |
| 2000s | 322 | |
| 2010s | 421 | |
| 2020s | 245 |
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.
- Kiranpeak 2024
- Giovonnipeak 2022
- Alessandropeak 2023
- Hadipeak 2018
- Mycahpeak 2022
- Lukaspeak 2019
- Gavrielpeak 2023
- Mahdipeak 2024
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.