Girls' name · since 1966
Ashlee
Ashlee has 43,533 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #656 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43,533
- born since 1966
- 1990s
- peak decade
43,533 babies have been named Ashlee since 1966, making it today's #3845 girls' name.
Ashlee has 43,533 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3845 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #656 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,845 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 43,533 born since 1966
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashlee ranks #656 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,845 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 43,533 born since 1966, peaking in the 1990s.
- #656 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,845 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43,533
- born since 1966
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ashlee's 43,533 recorded births place it above 99.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ashlee compares
43,533 Top 4% higher than 96% of 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
Ashlee's all-time total is 116x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43,533 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,466 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashlee's full recorded timeline at 1996, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 2,466 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashlee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 2,466
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Ashlee popularity over time - boys
258 total births recorded since 1973 (Ashlee as boys' name)
Ashlee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15,978 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Ashlee's strongest decade.
15,978 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Ashlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 52
1960s
52 births
- 1970s 1,262
1970s
1,262 births
- 1980s
1980s
15,850 births
- 1990s
1990s
15,978 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,680 births
- 2010s 1,474
2010s
1,474 births
- 2020s 237
2020s
237 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15,978 births (37% of all-time use).
How Ashlee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ashlee's total volume
Ashlee by state
Where Ashlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,753 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,613 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,125 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 2,054 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,866 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,768 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,690 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Utah | | 1,518 | 3.5% |
4,753 of 43,533 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Ashlee appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ashlee's data
- Ashlee's decade-level peak was the 1990s (15,978 total births); usage has since declined to 237 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ashlees (4,753 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashlee: 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 (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Ashlee 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.