Ashley — #124 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ashley

The Social Security Administration has registered 858,007 babies named Ashley between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashley currently holds the #124 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 54,853 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashley performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 352,185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ashley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 97,822 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ashley in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ashley 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 858,007 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.