How rare is the name Ashly?

10,971 people in the United States have the first name Ashly, about 1 in 27,530. It ranks #2,324 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ASHLY

#2,324

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,971
About
1 in 27,530
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,971 people named Ashly, 45.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 41.9% as White and 6.3% as Black. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ashly peaked in 1987, when 512 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
512
In 2025*
176 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,301 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Ashly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,029. The largest share of babies named Ashly, 48%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,30735
1970s#4,589255
1980s#1,0293,527
1990s#1,2543,236
2000s#1,5083,065
2010s#3,0281,276
2020s#2,688907
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–9648%
Generation Z 1997–1235.4%
2013 and later13.4%

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 Ashly is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ashly has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Texas (2×), and California (2×), and least common in Alabama (0.19×).

9,807 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 Ashly

#2,322 Moriah · 11,017#2,323 Monty · 10,994#2,325 Madyson · 10,969#2,326 Jazlyn · 10,965

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ashly, most common first.

#45 Ashley · 752,330#3,712 Ashely · 5,455#3,932 Ashli · 4,964#17,795 Ashle · 613#24,726 Ashlye · 388#30,816 Asly · 281#49,509 Ashla · 125#53,039 Ashlay · 103

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