Ashlye — girls' name
391 babies named Ashlye in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
391 girls have been named Ashlye since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2015.
- 391
- total births
- 1976–2015
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Ashlye was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Ashlye in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashlye
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Ashlye between 1976 and 2015, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ashlye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashlye performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ashlye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ashlye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashlye 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 391 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.
Ashlye at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ashlye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1976
- Peak year (1988)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
391 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 21 births in a single year.
Ashlye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 134 births that decade — 34% of Ashlye's all-time total
Ashlye decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ashlye's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% 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, 1976–2015 (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.