first name
ASHLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 752,330 people named Ashley, 66.1% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.6% as Black. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ashley peaked in 1987, when 55,265 babies got the name.
At least 875,722 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Ashley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #6. The largest share of babies named Ashley, 67.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Ashley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ashley has been most common in Nevada (1.8×), Florida (1.6×), and Alaska (1.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.72×).
869,972 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.
Either side of Ashley
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ashley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ashley ranks #941 of 156,621, with 36,420 people. See Ashley as a last name
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