Ashelyn — girls' name
290 babies named Ashelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
290 girls have been named Ashelyn since 1991, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 290
- total births
- 1991–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Ashelyn was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Ashelyn in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Ashelyn between 1991 and 2020, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ashelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashelyn 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 290 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.
Ashelyn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1991
- Peak year (2006)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
290 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 23 births in a single year.
Ashelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 157 births that decade — 54% of Ashelyn's all-time total
Ashelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ashelyn's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1991–2020 (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.