Ashtan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ashtan

The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Ashtan between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ashtan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Ashtan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 119 additional births since 1987.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashtan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ashtan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ashtan 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 131 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.