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 | ||
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| 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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#592 · 1 in 3,364
- Georgia#671 · 1 in 4,752
- New York#739 · 1 in 5,316
- Michigan#885 · 1 in 7,423
- North Carolina#965 · 1 in 8,011
Best ever in a state: #135 in Delaware, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #592 | 5 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Georgia | #671 | 9 | 1 in 4,752 |
| New York | #739 | 19 | 1 in 5,316 |
| Michigan | #885 | 7 | 1 in 7,423 |
| North Carolina | #965 | 5 | 1 in 8,011 |
| Florida | #996 | 9 | 1 in 8,150 |
| Texas | #1,138 | 15 | 1 in 9,326 |
| Ohio | #1,198 | 5 | 1 in 12,367 |
| California | #1,371 | 17 | 1 in 13,109 |
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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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 12,706 of them was named Ashely, which outranked 92.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,273Mahogany138
- #1,273Michala138
- #1,273Pearl138
- #1,281Ashely137
- #1,281Addie137
- #1,281Andria137
- #1,281Jean137
- #1,288Jerrica136
- #1,288Makaela136
- #1,288Tiffanie136
Tied with 6 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.