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Usher
OriginYiddish variation of Asher or English surname from French
Meaning"blessed; doorkeeper"
GenderBoy
About Usher
The name Usher peaked for boys at #1974 in 2025. The name is most popular in USHER, USHER, and USHER.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,526 | 31 | 16.1 |
| 2015 | #2,715 | 45 | 23.5 |
| 2016 | #2,930 | 41 | 21.6 |
| 2017 | #3,370 | 34 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | #3,235 | 36 | 19.8 |
| 2019 | #2,360 | 58 | 32.3 |
| 2020 | #3,130 | 37 | 21.4 |
| 2021 | #2,914 | 43 | 24.6 |
| 2022 | #2,912 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2023 | #2,339 | 60 | 35.1 |
| 2024 | #2,332 | 61 | 35.4 |
| 2025 | #1,974 | 78 | 45.7 |
World rankings
Famous Ushers
- Usher Terry Raymond IV
American singer
- Usher Terry "Cinco" Raymond V
son of American singer Usher
Usher in pop culture
- Usher de Gray
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Usher Hall
a concert hall in Edinburgh, opened in 1914. It was built with funds endowed by Andrew Usher (1826,98), a Scottish whisky distiller.
- 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839)
a Gothic romance by Edgar Allan Poe describing the extinction of the last of the Usher line, the etiolated Roderick Usher and his equally wan twin Madeline, who is buried alive and returns from the grave to carry off her brother to his death
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