Boys' name · since 1995
Ashden
Ashden has 345 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ashden is the #11184 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 345 recorded since 1995.
Ashden has 345 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11184 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #9,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,184 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 345 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashden ranks #9,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,184 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 345 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,184 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ashden's 345 recorded births place it above 78.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashden compares
345 48th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ashden's all-time total is 7% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 345 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ashden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashden's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ashden popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1986 (Ashden as girls' name)
Ashden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (153 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Ashden's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ashden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
137 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 153 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ashden's data
- Ashden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 45 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Ashden 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.