Ahsley — girls' name
1,189 babies named Ahsley in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Ahsley was born in this single decade.
151 babies were named Ahsley in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ahsley
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,189 babies named Ahsley between 1977 and 2009, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ahsley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 151 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahsley performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 803 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ahsley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Ahsley in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ahsley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,189 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ahsley at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ahsley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1977
- Peak year (1987)
- 151
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
1,189 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 151 births in a single year.
Ahsley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 803 births that decade — 68% of Ahsley's all-time total
Ahsley decade highlights
- Peak decade 803 births
- Runner-up 297 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ahsley's strongest decade
803 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Ahsley by state
Where Ahsley concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 90 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 87 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 50 | 4.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 37 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 30 | 2.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 29 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 17 | 1.4% |
90 of 1,189 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- California 7.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ahsley appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.