Ashely
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 499 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,527since 1970
Ashely over time
Rank among girls' names. Ashely has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,213 | 89 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,894 | 107 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,057 | 91 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,820 | 104 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,710 | 111 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,744 | 104 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,726 | 104 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,398 | 126 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,259 | 144 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,281 | 137 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,106 | 164 | — | |
| 1995 | #991 | 189 | — | |
| 1994 | #885 | 217 | — | |
| 1993 | #840 | 234 | — | |
| 1992 | #774 | 266 | — | |
| 1991 | #677 | 316 | — | |
| 1990 | #636 | 354 | — | |
| 1989 | #541 | 421 | — | |
| 1988 | #458 | 489 | — | |
| 1987 | #444 | 499 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #460 | 467 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #489 | 417 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #645 | 271 | — | |
| 1983 | #706 | 241 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #1,171 | 117 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #4,505 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ashely! It came in at #5,818, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ashely is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#571 · 1 in 4,734
- Texas#1,575 · 1 in 20,622
- California#2,323 · 1 in 36,258
Best ever in a state: #135 in Delaware, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #571 | 7 | 1 in 4,734 |
| Texas | #1,575 | 6 | 1 in 20,622 |
| California | #2,323 | 5 | 1 in 36,258 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ashely
- 1,111 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #8,362)
- 3,780 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #8,362)
- 2,529 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 465 spots in 1983 (#1,171 → #706)
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1996 (#991 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1987 at #444 (499 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1983–1995
- Highest: 1 in 3,484 girls born in 1987 were named Ashely (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 46.1% of all girls named Ashely (3,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99 | #3,333 (1979) | #5,372 |
| 1980s | 3,011 | #444 (1987) | #939 |
| 1990s | 2,147 | #636 (1990) | #985 |
| 2000s | 973 | #1,456 (2000) | #2,010 |
| 2010s | 245 | #3,624 (2010) | #6,138 |
| 2020s | 52 | #7,251 (2024) | #11,443 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ashely in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 37,068 of them was named Ashely, which outranked 81.7% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,195Takiyah46
- #2,195Tresa46
- #2,195Twanna46
- #2,231Ashely45
- #2,231Aura45
- #2,231Casi45
- #2,231Cecile45
- #2,265Abbi44
- #2,265Alysa44
- #2,265Astrid44
Tied with 33 names at #2,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Ashely, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Ashely6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.