Girls' name · since 1979
Ashling
317 babies named Ashling in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
317 girls have been named Ashling since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ashling has 317 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 2020.
- #15,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 317 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashling ranks #15,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashling's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ashling's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashling splits its recorded history at 2002: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashling popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2020
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ashling by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Ashling's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ashling births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (34% of all-time use).
Ashling by state
Where Ashling concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 3.5% |
11 of 317 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ashling's data
- Ashling's decade-level peak was the 2000s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ashlings (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashling: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
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, 1979–2020 (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 Ashling 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.