Girls' name · since 1984
Ashla
Ashla has 72 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
72 babies have been named Ashla since 1984, making it today's #15485 girls' name.
Ashla has 72 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15485 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #30,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,485 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashla ranks #30,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,485 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ashla's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashla compares
72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ashla's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashla's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashla by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Ashla's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Ashla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Ashla's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Ashla 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.