Osher
Osher is a Hebrew name, a variant of Asher. Notable people with the name include:
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Osher
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Osher is a Hebrew name, a variant of Asher. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Osher
Osher first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1958, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 14 births, good for #6,171 nationwide. About 31% of every Osher on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Osher last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 218 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Osher
Osher is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 218 births in the dataset. Osher's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #6,171. Use the chart and map above to compare Osher's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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