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is Asher trendy?
| Thu, 04-05-2007 - 9:09am |
I'm due with my first baby in May. Ever since I met a child named Asher over 15 years ago (I've still only known two to this day), I have loved that name. Surprisingly, my dh likes it too! I'm a little heartbroken to find it leaping up the charts in the last several years. I don't mind using a more popular name - our other boy name choice is in the top 25 - but I really would like to stay away from trendy names. Is Asher becomming trendy? I have always thought about it as a classic biblical (if somewhat unusual) name, but I'm not sure if that is how it's widely perceived these days.
Thanks for the help - I suddenly feel like I'm running out of time to make this choice!
Thanks for the help - I suddenly feel like I'm running out of time to make this choice!

It is not trendy in any way, I wouldn't even consider it popular. Asher is a wonderful choice- go for it!
-Nikki
I know zero here in Texas. I think the most important criteria for a name is that you love it and if Asher is that name then go for it. Yes, popularity and trendiness would be a factor in my decision, so you might want to check in your area - SSA charts have a popularity by State link. You might also want to look at hospital nursery websites.
Good luck,
Brooke
Edited 4/5/2007 11:03 am ET by baylorbrooke
I wouldn't call it trendy, exactly, though I know what you mean.
It's one of those names that many weren't all that familiar with until recently, when it started rising relatively quickly. Still, it's not overwhelmingly popular (barely out of the 300s) and it IS a real name with a long, rich history. It even appears on the SSA list all the way back to 1880 (at 823), so not a trendy, new creation in the least.
I do think some similar names come across as trendy -- for example, Ashley (overused and dated), Ashton (thanks to the celeb association and popular -ton ending) and Ashlyn (a trendy misspelling of an Irish name and also alternative to the dated Ashley, with a popular -lyn ending subsituted). So Asher may seem trendy by association, or because people who like Ashton may turn to it as a less-common, less-trendy substitute, KWIM?
It also fits in with many other old-fashioned and especially Biblical choices currently seeing more action as well: Jude, Elijah, Jonah, Noah, Jadon and of course Jacob.
So while it loosely falls in with some similar trendy names, I wouldn't say Asher itself is trendy. It's pretty safe to assume it will continue to rise, however, but as long as you're comfortable with popularity (and you've already said you are), I don't think that's a huge problem.
HTH
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I agree with the PPs, I wouldn't call is "trendy", because it's not terribly popular, but it can be seen as part of certain overall trends.
Trend #1: Traditional/Biblical but underused names.
Trend #2: Names that end in -er, usually profession or surnames.
I don't think there is a danger of him having more than 1 in his class, if there is it is a HUGE coincidence. But there may be other names in his class that sound similar, with the -er ending or the Ash- beginning.
You seem to love the name, so if that is the case then go for it!
Steph
Yeah, what she said, lol.
but, i'd go for it!