Girls' name · since 1983

Ashleen

Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 600 babies named Ashleen, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#10,553 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,641 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
600
born since 1983
2000s
peak decade

Ashleen currently ranks #7641 among girls' names in America, with 600 babies recorded since 1983.

Ashleen has 600 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7641 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.

  • #10,553 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,641 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 600 born since 1983
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashleen ranks #10,553 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,641 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 600 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.

#10,553 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,641 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
600
born since 1983
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%55.8%
Ashleen vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Ashleen's 600 recorded births place it above 85.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Ashleen compares

600 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

Ashleen's all-time total is 60% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ashleen Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 600 376 567,345
Peak-year births 37 21 19,840

Ashleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Ashleen's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Ashleen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
37
Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
010203040 19831989199620022008201420202025 14

Ashleen by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (195 births, 33% of the file).

2000s was Ashleen's strongest decade.

195 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.

Ashleen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 195 births (33% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Ashleen 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 Ashleen's total volume

Ashleen vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10%12% 20406080100120 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -63, 8.8%-39, 6%-28, 7.3%-41, 4.8%-34, 6.7%-40, 5.5%-109, 4.2%-50, 9.5%-104, 9%-66, 9.7%-33, 6%-32, 11.2%-34, 7%-69, 3.8%-50, 4.5%Ashleen-43, 6.2%Ashleen
Ashleen vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Ashleen by state

Where Ashleen concentrates geographically, total births since 1983

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Ashleen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
181 30.2%
#2 Pennsylvania
6 1.0%
California share of Ashleen's total US births 30.2%
Even split

181 of 600 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ashleen?
Ashleen has been given to 600 babies in the U.S. since 1983, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #10,553 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #7,641 of 17,297. 37 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Ashleen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashleen ranks #10,553 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,641 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ashleen most popular?
Ashleen was most popular in the 2000s decade with 195 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Ashleen most popular?
The top states for the name Ashleen are California (181 births), Pennsylvania (6 births).
How long has the name Ashleen been used?
The SSA has tracked Ashleen since 1983 -- 43 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ashleen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ashley, Ashlyn, Ashlee, Ashleigh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ashleen's data

  • Ashleen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (195 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Ashleens (181 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.

Keep exploring Ashleen

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ashleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1983–2025 (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 Ashleen 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.