Usher
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning doorkeeper; one who shows the way.
Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Usher by the numbers
Usher was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Usher. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Usielgod is my strength; a form of Uriel5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Usher
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