Ashley

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 48% girls / 52% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Ashley is a given name which was originally an Old English surname. It is derived from the Old English words รฆsฤ‹ and lฤ“ah and translates to "Dweller near the ash tree meadow".

From Wikipedia

Ashley first appears in the data in 1960 and has been recorded in 46 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1988 with 304 babies (rank #47 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ashley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ashley yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

11,378
Total babies (all years)
46
Years in the data
304
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196046#104
196140#107
196335#108
196440#105
196537#105
196634#105
196740#104
196849#104
196947#101
197055#102
1971130#91
1972154#80
1973167#76
1974138#85
1975171#70
1976179#68
1977153#78
1978147#81
1979190#68
1980205#59
1981244#57
1982220#59
1983220#60
1984286#47
1985291#47
1986286#48
1987265#52
1988304#47
1989273#52
1990279#56
1991234#63
1992133#92
1993214#65
1994102#96
1995108#93
199686#101
199764#103
199857#103
199945#111
200052#111
200150#113
200251#110
20143#389
20154#334
20162#563
20171#980