Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ashby**

#2,818 most common boys' name of all time · #6,780 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,818
Rank overall
#6,780 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
2,398
Since 2016
298
Peak year
2011 #4,358
Best rank
#636 1885
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ashby is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,455
2024 10 16 26 #5,666
2023 8 12 20 #6,906
2022 16 9 25 #8,320
2021 16 14 30 #6,040
2020 12 12 24 #6,636
2019 14 24 38 #4,235
2018 14 20 34 #4,744
2017 9 32 41 #3,449
2016 16 31 47 #3,526
2015 23 17 40 #5,297
2014 26 18 44 #5,070
2013 24 25 49 #3,966
2012 24 21 45 #4,540
2011 34 22 56 #4,358
2010 27 18 45 #5,053
2009 28 17 45 #5,340
2008 26 20 46 #4,721
2007 24 21 45 #4,497
2006 24 11 35 #6,921
2005 23 21 44 #4,202
2004 19 24 43 #3,743
2003 29 14 43 #5,278
2002 15 19 34 #4,192
2001 17 17 34 #4,485
2000 17 18 35 #4,214
1999 12 16 28 #4,346
1998 13 18 31 #3,861
1997 16 11 27 #5,299
1996 14 7 21 #7,162
1995 16 16 32 #3,867
1994 13 15 28 #4,110
1993 11 12 23 #4,710
1992 14 14 28 #4,124
1991 12 8 20 #5,961
1990 11 10 21 #5,008
1989 12 10 22 #4,837
1988 10 8 18 #5,229
1987 11 13 24 #3,537
1986 10 8 18 #4,879
1985 17 13 30 #3,413
1984 7 10 17 #3,946
1983 7 8 15 #4,521
1982 6 13 19 #3,296
1981 7 5 12 #6,303
1980 — 10 10 #3,857
1979 7 11 18 #3,586
1978 7 7 14 #4,579
1977 — 10 10 #3,628
1976 5 7 12 #4,452
1975 — 6 6 #4,832
1974 — 10 10 #3,336
1972 — 8 8 #3,653
1971 — 7 7 #3,997
1970 5 6 11 #4,258
1969 5 6 11 #3,971
1968 — 5 5 #4,182
1967 — 7 7 #3,254
1966 — 7 7 #3,270
1965 — 9 9 #2,798
1964 — 6 6 #3,634
1963 — 13 13 #2,313
1962 — 12 12 #2,387
1961 — 6 6 #3,682
1960 — 8 8 #3,101
1959 — 6 6 #3,645
1958 — 5 5 #3,977
1957 — 9 9 #2,841
1956 — 12 12 #2,374
1955 — 12 12 #2,319
1954 — 10 10 #2,611
1953 — 12 12 #2,302
1952 — 8 8 #2,897
1951 — 15 15 #1,982
1950 — 7 7 #3,047
1949 — 21 21 #1,624
1948 — 13 13 #2,128
1947 — 16 16 #1,923
1946 — 17 17 #1,772
1945 — 10 10 #2,264
1944 — 16 16 #1,752
1943 — 15 15 #1,922
1942 — 11 11 #2,285
1941 — 21 21 #1,493
1940 — 12 12 #2,099
1939 — 13 13 #1,969
1938 — 12 12 #2,100
1937 — 7 7 #2,940
1936 — 5 5 #3,594
1935 — 14 14 #1,945
1934 — 12 12 #2,137
1933 — 12 12 #2,118
1932 — 13 13 #2,118
1931 — 21 21 #1,552
1930 — 15 15 #1,985
1929 — 18 18 #1,801
1928 — 21 21 #1,664
1927 — 21 21 #1,704
1926 — 23 23 #1,573
1925 — 14 14 #2,209
1924 — 14 14 #2,244
1923 — 20 20 #1,762
1922 — 20 20 #1,775
1921 — 19 19 #1,843
1920 — 20 20 #1,759
1919 — 18 18 #1,816
1918 — 31 31 #1,261
1917 — 21 21 #1,595
1916 — 21 21 #1,561
1915 — 19 19 #1,612
1914 — 18 18 #1,449
1913 — 12 12 #1,600
1912 — 10 10 #1,646
1908 — 6 6 #1,252
1907 — 10 10 #900
1906 — 7 7 #1,046
1903 — 6 6 #1,056
1896 — 10 10 #755
1895 — 6 6 #1,010
1893 — 8 8 #805
1888 — 7 7 #869
1885 — 10 10 #636
1882 — 6 6 #883
1880 — 5 5 #930