Ashley

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Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 2,593 babies (rank #5 that year). In 2024 it was given to 80 girls (rank #376). 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.

25,246
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
2,593
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19912,593#5
19922,414#5
19932,133#7
19941,772#7
19951,798#6
19961,522#6
19971,278#9
19981,145#12
19991,019#15
20001,012#15
20011,038#13
2002874#13
2003804#20
2004699#27
2005655#29
2006574#41
2007482#54
2008444#57
2009340#81
2010322#84
2011301#93
2012232#130
2013188#167
2014179#182
2015192#156
2016155#196
2017137#220
2018121#260
2019125#249
2020100#307
202188#363
202282#363
202380#363
202480#376