Ashelly — girls' name
32 babies named Ashelly in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 girls have been named Ashelly since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2003.
- 32
- total births
- 1987–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Ashelly was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ashelly in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashelly
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Ashelly between 1987 and 2003, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashelly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashelly performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ashelly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashelly 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 32 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.
Ashelly at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashelly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1987
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
32 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 9 births in a single year.
Ashelly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 14 births that decade — 44% of Ashelly's all-time total
Ashelly decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ashelly's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1987–2003 (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.