Ashlon — unisex name
68 babies named Ashlon in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 girls have been named Ashlon since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2011.
- 68
- total births
- 1986–2011
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Ashlon was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ashlon in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashlon
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Ashlon between 1986 and 2011, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashlon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ashlon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashlon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ashlon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ashlon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashlon 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 68 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.
Ashlon at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashlon popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1986
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
68 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 10 births in a single year.
Ashlon popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2005 (Ashlon as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ashlon accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ashlon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 43 births that decade — 63% of Ashlon's all-time total
Ashlon decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ashlon's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Ashlon by state
Where Ashlon concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.