Ashleigh
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 1,717 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,861since 1966
Ashleigh over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ashleigh has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,004 | 54 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,432 | 74 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,823 | 114 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,908 | 105 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,624 | 132 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,340 | 175 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,070 | 230 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,115 | 221 | — | |
| 2009 | #945 | 282 | — | |
| 2008 | #925 | 296 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #749 | 389 | — | |
| 2006 | #690 | 410 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #519 | 565 | — | |
| 2004 | #417 | 731 | — | |
| 2003 | #359 | 852 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #275 | 1,139 | — | |
| 2001 | #338 | 907 | — | |
| 2000 | #337 | 916 | — | |
| 1999 | #343 | 875 | — | |
| 1998 | #288 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1997 | #265 | 1,097 | — | |
| 1996 | #238 | 1,180 | — | |
| 1995 | #240 | 1,191 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #206 | 1,414 | — | |
| 1993 | #188 | 1,546 | — | |
| 1992 | #197 | 1,512 | — | |
| 1991 | #176 | 1,717 | — | |
| 1990 | #178 | 1,623 | — | |
| 1989 | #200 | 1,330 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #198 | 1,314 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #201 | 1,348 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #211 | 1,256 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #203 | 1,278 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #250 | 997 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #248 | 947 | — | |
| 1982 | #413 | 552 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #397 | 569 | — | |
| 1980 | #621 | 293 | — | |
| 1979 | #794 | 199 | — | |
| 1978 | #939 | 150 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,023 | 131 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,404 | 75 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five girls were named Ashleigh! It came in at #4,493, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Ashleigh is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ashleigh in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ashleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,833 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1981
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1991 at #176 (1,717 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1978–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,092
- Highest: 1 in 1,092 girls born in 1991 were named Ashleigh (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 41.4% of all girls named Ashleigh (13,195) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53 | #3,102 (1969) | #3,838 |
| 1970s | 846 | #794 (1979) | #1,678 |
| 1980s | 9,884 | #198 (1988) | #294 |
| 1990s | 13,195 | #176 (1991) | #232 |
| 2000s | 6,487 | #275 (2002) | #555 |
| 2010s | 1,235 | #1,070 (2011) | #2,012 |
| 2020s | 161 | #4,005 (2020) | #5,074 |
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.
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