Ashleigh — #4795 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ashleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,844 babies named Ashleigh between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashleigh currently holds the #4795 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 1,717 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashleigh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13,195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ashleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,616 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ashleigh in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ashleigh 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 31,844 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.