Ashley

Primarily a girl's name · 98% girls

Ashley first appears in the U.S. data in 1917 and has been recorded in 86 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1987 with 54,853 babies (rank #2 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,231 girls (rank #124). The name has been declining over the last five years.
873,844
Total babies (all years)
86
Years in the data
54,853
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19175#4,650
19387#3,472
19416#3,988
19428#3,464
194310#3,051
194410#2,957
194510#2,927
19467#4,015
194711#3,259
194813#2,841
194911#3,191
195015#2,660
195115#2,700
195223#2,129
195314#2,931
195421#2,382
19558#4,392
195623#2,323
195727#2,123
195838#1,764
195937#1,822
196055#1,488
196181#1,224
196295#1,113
1963108#1,027
1964181#771
1965216#669
1966262#583
1967385#485
1968542#399
1969641#361
1970927#305
19711,163#255
19721,176#234
19731,250#206
19741,625#165
19751,989#138
19762,288#115
19772,706#106
19783,482#87
19794,448#67
19807,296#40
19818,874#34
198214,854#17
198333,291#4
198438,774#3
198547,008#2
198649,672#2
198754,853#2
198849,975#2
198947,588#2
199045,560#2
199143,477#1
199238,461#1
199334,849#2
199430,283#2
199526,606#2
199623,678#3
199720,896#3
199819,874#5
199918,136#6
200018,000#4
200116,531#4
200215,344#6
200314,519#8
200414,377#8
200513,275#10
200612,353#12
200711,428#13
20089,408#18
20097,815#20
20106,317#29
20115,403#42
20124,700#50
20133,942#67
20143,559#87
20153,427#86
20163,044#101
20172,528#122
20182,280#129
20192,030#137
20201,807#153
20211,700#172
20221,863#154
20232,182#126
20242,231#124