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
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
31,861
since 1966

Ashleigh over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ashleigh has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #176, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,83816—
2024#4,77228—
2023#5,75221—
2022#4,90727—
2021#4,16734—
2020#4,00535—
2019#3,61142—
2018#3,00454—
2017#2,43274—
2016#2,18888—
2015#1,823114—
2014#1,908105—
2013#1,624132—
2012#1,340175—
2011#1,070230—
2010#1,115221—
2009#945282—
2008#925296#11,0376
2007#749389—
2006#690410#12,0555
2005#519565—
2004#417731—
2003#359852#10,8945
2002#2751,139—
2001#338907—
2000#337916—
1999#343875—
1998#2881,040—
1997#2651,097—
1996#2381,180—
1995#2401,191#7,7926
1994#2061,414—
1993#1881,546—
1992#1971,512—
1991#1761,717—
1990#1781,623—
1989#2001,330#2,90221
1988#1981,314#6,4266
1987#2011,348#5,4597
1986#2111,256#4,13010
1985#2031,278#6,5235
1984#250997#4,9737
1983#248947—
1982#413552#6,3855
1981#397569—
1980#621293—
1979#794199—
1978#939150—
1977#1,023131—
1976#1,25289—
1975#1,40475—
1974#1,88146—
1973#1,83246—
1972#1,89044—
1971#1,73052—
1970#4,03814—
1969#3,10219—
1968#3,45615—
1967#4,30010—
1966#4,4939—
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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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #149 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 463 girlsAKMaine: #131 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 512 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #182 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 876 girlsNHWashington: #297 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,605 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #582 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,124 girlsMNIllinois: #349 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsILWisconsin: #366 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,392 girlsWIMichigan: #185 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 986 girlsMINew York: #268 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 1,589 girlsNYMassachusetts: #198 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsMARhode Island: #206 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 951 girlsRIOregon: #286 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,457 girlsORNevada: #284 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,295 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: #206 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,098 girlsIAIndiana: #238 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsINOhio: #182 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 995 girlsOHPennsylvania: #204 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,225 girlsPANew Jersey: #323 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsNJConnecticut: #177 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 898 girlsCTCalifornia: #386 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 2,205 girlsCAUtah: #275 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsUTColorado: #126 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 578 girlsCONebraska: #232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsNEMissouri: #190 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsMOKentucky: #222 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsKYWest Virginia: #126 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 565 girlsWVVirginia: #122 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 578 girlsVAMaryland: #151 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 743 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: #167 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 731 girlsAZNew Mexico: #260 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsNMKansas: #171 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 805 girlsKSArkansas: #121 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 496 girlsARTennessee: #155 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 769 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #123 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 587 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #120 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 572 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #260 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 927 girlsDCOklahoma: #162 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 736 girlsOKLouisiana: #117 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 560 girlsLAMississippi: #107 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 469 girlsMSAlabama: #91 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 420 girlsALGeorgia: #133 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 703 girlsGAHawaii: #186 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 667 girlsHITexas: #227 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 1,214 girlsTXFlorida: #181 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 920 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#91 · 1 in 420
  2. Mississippi#107 · 1 in 469
  3. Louisiana#117 · 1 in 560
  4. South Carolina#120 · 1 in 572
  5. Arkansas#121 · 1 in 496

Best ever in a state: #71 in Virginia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#91501 in 420
Mississippi#107261 in 469
Louisiana#117401 in 560
South Carolina#120291 in 572
Arkansas#121231 in 496
Virginia#122611 in 578
North Carolina#123651 in 587
Colorado#126351 in 578
West Virginia#126141 in 565
Maine#131101 in 512
Georgia#133581 in 703
Alaska#14961 in 463
Maryland#151341 in 743
Tennessee#155381 in 769
Oklahoma#162221 in 736
Arizona#167371 in 731
Kansas#171161 in 805
Connecticut#177191 in 898
Florida#181811 in 920
New Hampshire#18261 in 876
Ohio#182651 in 995
Michigan#185551 in 986
Hawaii#18671 in 667
Missouri#190291 in 1,023
Massachusetts#198301 in 1,127
Pennsylvania#204531 in 1,225
Iowa#206131 in 1,098
Rhode Island#20651 in 951
Kentucky#222151 in 1,333
Texas#2271121 in 1,214
Nebraska#23271 in 1,156
Indiana#238241 in 1,366
District of Columbia#26051 in 927
New Mexico#26081 in 1,103
New York#268701 in 1,589
Utah#275101 in 1,390
Nevada#28461 in 1,295
Oregon#286111 in 1,457
Washington#297181 in 1,605
New Jersey#323221 in 2,001
Illinois#349341 in 2,183
Wisconsin#366111 in 2,392
California#3861101 in 2,205
Minnesota#58251 in 5,124
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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 Ashleigh
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,066 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #6,838)
  • 2,833 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #6,838)
  • 5,015 spots since 2015 (#1,823 → #6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1981 (#621 → #397)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 2008 (#749 → #925)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s53#3,102 (1969)#3,838
1970s846#794 (1979)#1,678
1980s9,884#198 (1988)#294
1990s13,195#176 (1991)#232
2000s6,487#275 (2002)#555
2010s1,235#1,070 (2011)#2,012
2020s161#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.

Ashleigh in 1994

girls
#206
1,414 births · 1 in 1,263 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #206Ashleigh1,414
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,263 of them was named Ashleigh, which outranked 98.7% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashleigh
  1. #203Kiara1,445
  2. #204Anne1,432
  3. #205Cierra1,415
  4. #206Ashleigh1,414
  5. #206Colleen1,414
  6. #208Ciara1,401
  7. #209Lacey1,398
  8. #210Allyson1,395

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994 →