Ashlea — girls' name
3,152 babies named Ashlea in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Ashlea was born in this single decade.
200 babies were named Ashlea in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashlea
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,152 babies named Ashlea between 1967 and 2013, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashlea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 200 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashlea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,467 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ashlea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 434 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ashlea in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashlea 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 3,152 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.
Ashlea at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashlea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1967
- Peak year (1987)
- 200
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
3,152 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 200 births in a single year.
Ashlea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 1,467 births that decade — 47% of Ashlea's all-time total
Ashlea decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,467 births
- Runner-up 1,145 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ashlea's strongest decade
1,467 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Ashlea by state
Where Ashlea concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 434 | 13.8% |
| #2 | California | | 136 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 105 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 92 | 2.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 75 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 66 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 59 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 53 | 1.7% |
434 of 3,152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.8% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ashlea appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1967–2013 (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.