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.

Ashley

#20 most common girls' name of all time · #55 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#20
Rank overall
#55 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
875,722
Since 2016
21,807
Peak year
1987 #2
Best rank
#1 1991
Girls Boys peak 55,265/yr
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Ashley 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 1,829 27 1,856 #164
2024 2,240 28 2,268 #124
2023 2,184 29 2,213 #126
2022 1,865 29 1,894 #154
2021 1,700 31 1,731 #172
2020 1,808 29 1,837 #153
2019 2,031 24 2,055 #137
2018 2,280 34 2,314 #129
2017 2,528 32 2,560 #122
2016 3,045 34 3,079 #101
2015 3,429 26 3,455 #86
2014 3,560 40 3,600 #87
2013 3,943 38 3,981 #67
2012 4,701 17 4,718 #50
2011 5,403 37 5,440 #42
2010 6,317 31 6,348 #29
2009 7,815 37 7,852 #20
2008 9,408 53 9,461 #18
2007 11,428 55 11,483 #13
2006 12,353 59 12,412 #12
2005 13,276 69 13,345 #10
2004 14,377 88 14,465 #8
2003 14,519 78 14,597 #8
2002 15,344 60 15,404 #6
2001 16,531 74 16,605 #4
2000 18,000 82 18,082 #4
1999 18,136 77 18,213 #6
1998 19,875 78 19,953 #5
1997 20,897 95 20,992 #3
1996 23,678 108 23,786 #3
1995 26,606 112 26,718 #2
1994 30,281 132 30,413 #2
1993 34,849 135 34,984 #2
1992 38,460 168 38,628 #1
1991 43,477 180 43,657 #1
1990 45,561 239 45,800 #2
1989 47,588 376 47,964 #2
1988 49,977 303 50,280 #2
1987 54,856 409 55,265 #2
1986 49,671 420 50,091 #2
1985 47,010 501 47,511 #2
1984 38,773 541 39,314 #3
1983 33,289 595 33,884 #4
1982 14,851 649 15,500 #17
1981 8,874 674 9,548 #34
1980 7,296 746 8,042 #40
1979 4,448 586 5,034 #67
1978 3,482 533 4,015 #87
1977 2,707 582 3,289 #106
1976 2,287 475 2,762 #115
1975 1,989 418 2,407 #138
1974 1,625 409 2,034 #165
1973 1,250 426 1,676 #206
1972 1,176 273 1,449 #235
1971 1,162 264 1,426 #255
1970 927 253 1,180 #305
1969 641 194 835 #360
1968 542 169 711 #399
1967 385 137 522 #483
1966 262 111 373 #584
1965 216 121 337 #671
1964 181 110 291 #771
1963 108 128 236 #1,027
1962 95 115 210 #1,114
1961 81 125 206 #1,226
1960 55 89 144 #1,489
1959 37 80 117 #1,824
1958 38 75 113 #1,767
1957 27 65 92 #2,127
1956 23 64 87 #2,331
1955 8 81 89 #4,402
1954 21 73 94 #2,386
1953 14 55 69 #2,931
1952 23 59 82 #2,136
1951 15 50 65 #2,708
1950 15 57 72 #2,667
1949 11 55 66 #3,197
1948 13 66 79 #2,845
1947 11 67 78 #3,265
1946 7 71 78 #4,020
1945 10 57 67 #2,944
1944 10 55 65 #2,974
1943 10 58 68 #3,061
1942 8 71 79 #3,461
1941 6 54 60 #4,000
1940 — 49 49 —
1939 — 27 27 —
1938 7 25 32 #3,481
1937 — 31 31 —
1936 — 36 36 —
1935 — 34 34 —
1934 — 32 32 —
1933 — 22 22 —
1932 — 30 30 —
1931 — 35 35 —
1930 — 26 26 —
1929 — 39 39 —
1928 — 37 37 —
1927 — 50 50 —
1926 — 45 45 —
1925 — 57 57 —
1924 — 46 46 —
1923 — 47 47 —
1922 — 53 53 —
1921 — 47 47 —
1920 — 43 43 —
1919 — 59 59 —
1918 — 42 42 —
1917 5 45 50 #4,628
1916 — 48 48 —
1915 — 47 47 —
1914 — 42 42 —
1913 — 31 31 —
1912 — 23 23 —
1911 — 16 16 —
1910 — 7 7 —
1909 — 10 10 —
1908 — 9 9 —
1907 — 7 7 —
1906 — 13 13 —
1905 — 10 10 —
1904 — 11 11 —
1903 — 7 7 —
1902 — 14 14 —
1901 — 10 10 —
1900 — 5 5 —
1899 — 7 7 —
1898 — 5 5 —
1897 — 17 17 —
1896 — 10 10 —
1895 — 10 10 —
1894 — 17 17 —
1893 — 10 10 —
1892 — 12 12 —
1891 — 8 8 —
1890 — 12 12 —
1888 — 7 7 —
1887 — 10 10 —
1886 — 14 14 —
1885 — 13 13 —
1884 — 6 6 —
1883 — 9 9 —
1882 — 7 7 —
1881 — 6 6 —
1880 — 8 8 —