Ashford — #7263 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ashford

The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Ashford between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ashford currently holds the #7263 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashford performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ashford shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ashford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ashford 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 493 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.