Ash

Where Ash comes from

The dictionaries list Ash as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,464 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2023
    Peak, #1,064
    204 babies named Ash — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley and Ashleigh.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, and Ashanti.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Ash hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.