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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Ashleigh has never cracked the top 100 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 | #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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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 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#231 · 1 in 901
- Mississippi#294 · 1 in 1,137
- Virginia#339 · 1 in 1,578
- South Carolina#363 · 1 in 1,579
- Alabama#399 · 1 in 1,698
Best ever in a state: #71 in Virginia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #231 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| Mississippi | #294 | 11 | 1 in 1,137 |
| Virginia | #339 | 24 | 1 in 1,578 |
| South Carolina | #363 | 12 | 1 in 1,579 |
| Alabama | #399 | 12 | 1 in 1,698 |
| Maryland | #437 | 12 | 1 in 2,096 |
| Missouri | #443 | 13 | 1 in 2,284 |
| Kentucky | #454 | 9 | 1 in 2,256 |
| North Carolina | #473 | 20 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Massachusetts | #476 | 11 | 1 in 2,584 |
| Oklahoma | #481 | 8 | 1 in 2,188 |
| Wisconsin | #482 | 10 | 1 in 2,518 |
| Michigan | #548 | 15 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Ohio | #562 | 17 | 1 in 3,371 |
| Kansas | #581 | 5 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Tennessee | #602 | 10 | 1 in 3,178 |
| Florida | #639 | 24 | 1 in 3,713 |
| Georgia | #668 | 15 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Louisiana | #673 | 6 | 1 in 3,334 |
| Pennsylvania | #706 | 12 | 1 in 4,611 |
| Colorado | #710 | 7 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Indiana | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,136 |
| Arizona | #738 | 10 | 1 in 3,829 |
| New Jersey | #739 | 9 | 1 in 4,523 |
| New York | #819 | 19 | 1 in 5,080 |
| Washington | #871 | 6 | 1 in 5,105 |
| Illinois | #972 | 11 | 1 in 6,195 |
| California | #1,051 | 31 | 1 in 7,573 |
| Texas | #1,097 | 23 | 1 in 7,225 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1991 at #176 (1,717 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1978–2009
- 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%)
- 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.
Ashleigh in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 4,637 of them was named Ashleigh, which outranked 96.6% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #686Catalina411
- #686Greta411
- #686Rosemary411
- #690Ashleigh410
- #690Emmalee410
- #690Mariam410
- #693Kaylyn409
- #693Tianna409
- #695Kaia408
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 411,055 of them was named Ashleigh, which outranked 14.2% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,992 names at #12,055; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.