Girls' name · since 1989
Ashayla
365 babies named Ashayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
365 girls have been named Ashayla since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashayla has been recorded 365 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2020.
- #14,277 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 365 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashayla ranks #14,277 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 365 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,277 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashayla's 365 recorded births place it above 80.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashayla's full recorded timeline at 2006, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2020
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ashayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (207 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Ashayla's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ashayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 67
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
207 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 207 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ashayla's data
- Ashayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (207 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ashayla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.