Ashea — girls' name
69 babies named Ashea in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
69 girls have been named Ashea since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2003.
- 69
- total births
- 1981–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Ashea was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ashea in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashea
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Ashea between 1981 and 2003, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ashea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashea 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 69 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.
Ashea at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1981
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
69 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 9 births in a single year.
Ashea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 41 births that decade — 59% of Ashea's all-time total
Ashea decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ashea's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 1981–2003 (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.