Girls' name · since 1982
Ashleah
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 178 babies named Ashleah, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ashleah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 178 have been recorded since 1982.
Ashleah has 178 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1982 to 2007.
- #20,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 178 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashleah ranks #20,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ashleah's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashleah splits its recorded history at 1994: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2007
- Peak year (1984)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Ashleah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (87 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Ashleah's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ashleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 87 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Ashleah's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2000s (29) -- 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 Ashleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1982–2007 (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 Ashleah 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.