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.

Ashton*

#301 most common boys' name of all time · #660 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#301
Rank overall
#660 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
107,927
Since 2016
27,584
Peak year
2004 #76
Best rank
#76 2004
Girls Boys peak 5,847/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ashton first appears in 1881. 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 85 1,801 1,886 #197
2024 114 1,978 2,092 #188
2023 117 2,344 2,461 #156
2022 120 2,613 2,733 #145
2021 137 2,545 2,682 #148
2020 152 2,712 2,864 #136
2019 141 3,048 3,189 #125
2018 173 3,056 3,229 #128
2017 194 2,955 3,149 #138
2016 197 3,102 3,299 #133
2015 192 3,024 3,216 #141
2014 167 2,819 2,986 #143
2013 189 2,620 2,809 #152
2012 173 2,814 2,987 #142
2011 234 3,548 3,782 #109
2010 181 3,234 3,415 #127
2009 223 3,569 3,792 #115
2008 229 3,518 3,747 #122
2007 231 3,381 3,612 #124
2006 249 3,496 3,745 #121
2005 334 4,069 4,403 #107
2004 411 5,436 5,847 #76
2003 631 4,215 4,846 #101
2002 782 1,853 2,635 #200
2001 823 1,598 2,421 #216
2000 868 1,315 2,183 #254
1999 904 1,065 1,969 #278
1998 945 1,028 1,973 #278
1997 978 964 1,942 #290
1996 895 800 1,695 #328
1995 931 808 1,739 #324
1994 970 682 1,652 #355
1993 792 714 1,506 #343
1992 724 583 1,307 #393
1991 718 669 1,387 #358
1990 832 637 1,469 #367
1989 1,027 533 1,560 #403
1988 629 309 938 #520
1987 758 286 1,044 #535
1986 954 260 1,214 #551
1985 129 229 358 #580
1984 41 182 223 #636
1983 36 121 157 #797
1982 20 99 119 #901
1981 11 78 89 #1,030
1980 5 63 68 #1,146
1979 7 63 70 #1,129
1978 36 36 #1,576
1977 37 37 #1,521
1976 7 27 34 #1,836
1975 31 31 #1,635
1974 31 31 #1,587
1973 23 23 #1,879
1972 19 19 #2,097
1971 31 31 #1,566
1970 25 25 #1,747
1969 23 23 #1,735
1968 17 17 #1,971
1967 14 14 #2,156
1966 13 13 #2,233
1965 13 13 #2,287
1964 22 22 #1,708
1963 7 7 #3,354
1962 13 13 #2,291
1961 9 9 #2,927
1960 14 14 #2,226
1959 16 16 #2,046
1958 14 14 #2,188
1957 20 20 #1,799
1956 19 19 #1,835
1955 10 10 #2,590
1954 23 23 #1,603
1953 9 9 #2,741
1952 23 23 #1,588
1951 14 14 #2,069
1950 10 10 #2,469
1949 9 9 #2,640
1948 15 15 #1,955
1947 21 21 #1,663
1946 17 17 #1,777
1945 19 19 #1,547
1944 13 13 #2,014
1943 15 15 #1,925
1942 20 20 #1,596
1941 17 17 #1,704
1940 18 18 #1,639
1939 18 18 #1,594
1938 15 15 #1,837
1937 19 19 #1,589
1936 15 15 #1,813
1935 18 18 #1,669
1934 22 22 #1,476
1933 15 15 #1,854
1932 23 23 #1,482
1931 24 24 #1,440
1930 21 21 #1,613
1929 21 21 #1,624
1928 21 21 #1,667
1927 23 23 #1,614
1926 17 17 #1,924
1925 25 25 #1,504
1924 24 24 #1,589
1923 36 36 #1,201
1922 30 30 #1,338
1921 22 22 #1,661
1920 29 29 #1,359
1919 21 21 #1,638
1918 33 33 #1,217
1917 26 26 #1,369
1916 24 24 #1,434
1915 30 30 #1,190
1914 23 23 #1,234
1913 15 15 #1,385
1912 14 14 #1,290
1911 7 7 #1,441
1909 10 10 #979
1908 6 6 #1,268
1906 6 6 #1,171
1902 8 8 #903
1900 6 6 #1,223
1897 7 7 #904
1896 7 7 #940
1893 5 5 #1,098
1892 6 6 #1,008
1883 6 6 #865
1881 6 6 #843