How Many People Are Named Usher?
An estimated 1,183 people in the United States have the first name Usher. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Usher peaked in popularity in 2024 with 61 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Usher as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Usher paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Usher is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 17, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
1,183
About 1 in 289,733 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2024
61 births
Total Registered
1,225
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Usher
Usher is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,225 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Usher as a male name
Ranked #2,332 in 2024
61 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (61 births)
Usher: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Usher span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 421 babies were registered. While Usher is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Usher by Decade
How has Usher tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Usher + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Usher as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Usher
Other first names starting with U with a similar number of bearers.
Usher: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Usher?
We estimate approximately 1,183 people named Usher are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 289,733 Americans share this first name.
Is Usher a common name?
Usher is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,225 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Usher most popular?
Usher reached peak popularity in 2024, when 61 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Usher is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Usher a male name?
Usher is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Usher Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Usher Smith, Usher Johnson, Usher Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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