Girls' name · since 1966
Ashly
Ashly has 12,179 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,179
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
12,179 babies have been named Ashly since 1966, making it today's #1278 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ashly recorded 12,179 times among girls since 1966, holding rank #1278 nationally today, ahead of 93% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #1,479 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,179 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashly ranks #1,479 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,179 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,479 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,179
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ashly's 12,179 recorded births place it above 97.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ashly compares
12,179 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Ashly's all-time total is 32x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 507 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ashly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashly's full recorded timeline at 1996, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 507 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 507
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Ashly popularity over time - boys
122 total births recorded since 1969 (Ashly as boys' name)
Ashly by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (3,450 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Ashly's strongest decade.
3,450 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ashly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 30
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 240
1970s
240 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,450 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,216 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,060 births
- 2010s 1,276
2010s
1,276 births
- 2020s 907
2020s
907 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 3,450 births (28% of all-time use).
How Ashly 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 Ashly's total volume
Ashly by state
Where Ashly concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,969 | 16.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,533 | 12.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 769 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 601 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 372 | 3.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 320 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 312 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 275 | 2.3% |
1,969 of 12,179 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Ashly appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ashly's data
- Ashly's decade-level peak was the 1980s (3,450 total births); usage has since declined to 907 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ashlys (1,969 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Ashly 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.