Girls' name · since 1993

Nashley

492 babies named Nashley in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#11,979 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,869 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
492
born since 1993
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Nashley is the #3869 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 492 recorded since 1993.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashley has been recorded 492 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #3869 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.

  • #11,979 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,869 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 492 born since 1993
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashley ranks #11,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,869 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 492 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.

#11,979 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,869 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
492
born since 1993
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%77.6%
Nashley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Nashley's 492 recorded births place it above 83.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

5 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Nashley compares

492 Top 45% higher than 55% 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

Nashley's all-time total is 31% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nashley Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 492 376 567,345
Peak-year births 47 21 19,840

Nashley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Nashley splits its recorded history at 2011: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 47 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Nashley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
47
Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
01020304050 199319992004200820122016202020242025 38

Nashley by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (205 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Nashley's strongest decade.

205 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Nashley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 205 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Nashley by state

Where Nashley concentrates geographically, total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Nashley
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
86 17.5%
#2 Florida
40 8.1%
#3 New Jersey
17 3.5%
#4 California
12 2.4%
#5 Texas
10 2.0%
New York share of Nashley's total US births 17.5%
Even split

86 of 492 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nashley?
Nashley has been given to 492 babies in the U.S. since 1993, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #11,979 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #3,869 of 17,297. 47 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
Where does Nashley sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nashley ranks #11,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,869 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nashley most popular?
Nashley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 205 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
Where is Nashley most popular?
The top states for the name Nashley are New York (86 births), Florida (40 births), New Jersey (17 births).
How long has the name Nashley been used?
Nashley has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 33 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Nashley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nasya, Nastassia, Nashly, Nashla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Nashley's data

  • Nashley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (205 total births) through the 2020s (171) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Nashleys (86 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Nashley

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Nashley

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nashley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1993–2025 (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 Nashley 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.