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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMINew York: #2,215 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,264 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,399 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,559 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,005 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 34,224 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedWVVirginia: #948 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,354 girlsVAMaryland: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedLAMississippi: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,246 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ashleigh, so not publishedHITexas: #1,712 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 13,052 girlsTXFlorida: #1,642 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,281 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#562 · 1 in 2,246
  2. Maryland#889 · 1 in 4,820
  3. Virginia#948 · 1 in 5,354
  4. Pennsylvania#1,399 · 1 in 10,559
  5. Florida#1,642 · 1 in 12,281

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

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Mississippi#56251 in 2,246
Maryland#88951 in 4,820
Virginia#94871 in 5,354
Pennsylvania#1,39951 in 10,559
Florida#1,64271 in 12,281
Texas#1,712131 in 13,052
New York#2,21551 in 18,264
California#3,00561 in 34,224
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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 2015

girls
#1,823
114 births · 1 in 15,659 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #1,823Ashleigh114
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 15,659 of them was named Ashleigh, which outranked 90.5% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashleigh
  1. #1,814Lucero115
  2. #1,814Marielle115
  3. #1,814Paizley115
  4. #1,823Ashleigh114
  5. #1,823Ashly114
  6. #1,823Jaylani114
  7. #1,823Kari114
  8. #1,831Asiya113
  9. #1,831Carmela113
  10. #1,831Echo113

Tied with 7 names at #1,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →