Girls' name · since 1984
Ashlen
Ashlen has 1,070 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,482 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,070
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,070 babies have been named Ashlen since 1984, making it today's #15482 girls' name.
Ashlen has 1,070 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15482 as of the latest data, more common than 10% 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 1984 to 2025.
- #7,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,482 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,070 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashlen ranks #7,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,482 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,070 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,482 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,070
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ashlen's 1,070 recorded births place it above 90.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ashlen compares
1,070 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Ashlen's all-time total is 185% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashlen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,070 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashlen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashlen's full recorded timeline at 2004, 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 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashlen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashlen popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 1995 (Ashlen as boys' name)
Ashlen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (415 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Ashlen's strongest decade.
415 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ashlen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 125
1980s
125 births
- 1990s
1990s
415 births
- 2000s
2000s
344 births
- 2010s 155
2010s
155 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 415 births (39% of all-time use).
How Ashlen 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 Ashlen's total volume
Ashlen by state
Where Ashlen concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 54 | 5.0% |
| #2 | California | | 47 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
54 of 1,070 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Ashlen's data
- Ashlen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (415 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ashlens (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashlen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Ashlen 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.