Ashlee

Where Ashlee comes from

The dictionaries list Ashlee as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Ashley — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #5,809 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Ashlee Simpson born
    American singer and actress
  3. 1987
    Peak, #112
    2,466 babies named Ashlee — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1990
    Ashlee Ankudinoff born
    Australian racing cyclist
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #267.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Ashley.
Namesakes
  • Ashlee Simpson · American singer and actress, born 1984
  • Ashlee Ankudinoff · Australian racing cyclist, born 1990
  • Ashlee Vance · American journalist, born 1977
  • Ashlee Bond · American-Israeli show jumping rider, born 1985
  • Ashlee Savona · Canadian soccer player, born 1992

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.