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.

Ashford

#7,282 most common boys' name of all time · #18,296 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#7,282
Rank overall
#18,296 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
502
Since 2016
96
Peak year
1988 #2,989
Best rank
#2,705 1979
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ashford first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,299
2024 — 11 11 #7,300
2023 — 17 17 #5,493
2022 — 9 9 #8,382
2020 — 12 12 #6,670
2019 — 10 10 #7,700
2018 — 12 12 #6,752
2017 — 6 6 #10,908
2016 — 10 10 #7,663
2015 — 9 9 #8,115
2014 — 8 8 #8,864
2013 — 10 10 #7,586
2012 — 7 7 #9,793
2011 — 6 6 #10,931
2010 — 8 8 #8,891
2009 — 7 7 #9,948
2008 — 6 6 #11,156
2006 — 7 7 #9,683
2003 — 7 7 #8,732
2002 — 5 5 #10,819
2000 — 9 9 #6,912
1998 — 6 6 #8,591
1996 — 6 6 #8,082
1995 — 9 9 #5,986
1993 — 7 7 #6,928
1992 — 5 5 #8,596
1991 — 10 10 #5,172
1990 — 9 9 #5,457
1989 — 14 14 #3,855
1988 — 18 18 #2,989
1987 — 12 12 #3,788
1986 — 12 12 #3,710
1985 — 15 15 #3,103
1984 — 13 13 #3,317
1983 — 14 14 #3,119
1982 — 10 10 #4,040
1981 — 10 10 #3,932
1980 — 12 12 #3,484
1979 — 17 17 #2,705
1978 — 10 10 #3,676
1977 — 5 5 #6,037
1970 — 6 6 #4,380
1963 — 5 5 #4,258
1962 — 5 5 #4,248
1954 — 6 6 #3,618
1953 — 5 5 #4,034
1951 — 5 5 #3,944
1943 — 5 5 #3,784
1936 — 6 6 #3,380
1933 — 6 6 #3,498
1927 — 7 7 #3,631
1926 — 5 5 #4,436
1925 — 10 10 #2,884
1923 — 5 5 #4,491
1922 — 8 8 #3,422
1918 — 5 5 #4,414
1917 — 7 7 #3,390
1914 — 7 7 #2,849