first name
ASH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,027 people named Ash, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 63.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ash peaked in 2022, when 221 babies got the name.
At least 2,680 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ash by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,207. The largest share of babies named Ash, 76%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ash is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ash has been most common in Oregon (5.7×), Colorado (3.7×), and Arizona (3.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.53×).
1,245 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ash, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ash ranks #1,716 of 156,621, with 20,463 people. See Ash as a last name
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