Ashay — boys' name
29 babies named Ashay in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Ashay since 1994, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 29
- total births
- 1994–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Ashay was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ashay in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashay
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Ashay between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ashay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Ashay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 27 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashay performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ashay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashay 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 29 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.
Ashay at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashay popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1994
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
29 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 7 births in a single year.
Ashay popularity over time — girls
27 total births recorded since 1991 (Ashay as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ashay accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ashay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 34% of Ashay's all-time total
Ashay decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ashay's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1994–2023 (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.