Girls' name · since 1976
Ashlye
Ashlye has 391 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
391 girls have been named Ashlye since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ashlye has 391 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2015.
- #13,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 391 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashlye ranks #13,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 391 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ashlye's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Ashlye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashlye's full recorded timeline at 1996, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashlye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2015
- Peak year (1988)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Ashlye by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (134 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Ashlye's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Ashlye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
123 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 134 births (34% of all-time use).
Ashlye by state
Where Ashlye concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.6% |
10 of 391 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ashlye's data
- Ashlye's decade-level peak was the 1980s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ashlyes (10 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ashlye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1976–2015 (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 Ashlye 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.