Boys' name · since 1975
Ashon
377 babies named Ashon in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ashon is the #9939 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 377 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Ashon recorded 377 times among boys since 1975, holding rank #9939 nationally today, ahead of 29% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #9,340 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,939 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 377 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashon ranks #9,340 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,939 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 377 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,340 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,939 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashon's 377 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashon compares
377 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ashon's all-time total is 2% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 377 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ashon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ashon's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ashon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Ashon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (126 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Ashon's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ashon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 34
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 126 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Ashon's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Ashon 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.