Ashly

#1,272 for girls in 2025, 176 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 491 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,179
since 1966

Ashly over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ashly has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #437, 1986girls
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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
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2025#1,272176—
2024#1,175204—
2023#1,304174—
2022#1,573135—
2021#1,861107—
2020#1,781111—
2019#1,802113—
2018#2,08492—
2017#2,18487—
2016#1,757118—
2015#1,823114—
2014#1,868108—
2013#1,849109—
2012#1,530144—
2011#1,382165—
2010#1,101226—
2009#958279—
2008#834339—
2007#770378—
2006#782351—
2005#699395—
2004#843292#11,3565
2003#865279—
2002#823283—
2001#928239—
2000#946225—
1999#805271—
1998#867243—
1997#845243—
1996#755280—
1995#720284—
1994#730285#6,3728
1993#643348#8,7005
1992#591386—
1991#542432—
1990#536444#6,4157
1989#497472#6,9416
1988#486465—
1987#438507#6,9515
1986#437491#5,3327
1985#460466#5,1477
1984#528364—
1983#562323#3,88410
1982#929161#4,2349
1981#1,220107#2,33821
1980#1,33794#3,43012
1979#1,81459#4,8427
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1977#2,55733#4,1648
1976#3,00224—
1975#4,14115—
1974#3,31320—
1973#3,97115—
1972#5,4809—
1971#3,78916—
1970#7,9955—
1969#5,9747#4,4045
1968#4,22211—
1967#5,4577—
1966#6,5645—
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Ashly! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Ashly is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedNHWashington: #506 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,837 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #549 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,735 girlsMNIllinois: #817 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,069 girlsILWisconsin: #430 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,830 girlsWIMichigan: #466 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,026 girlsMINew York: #1,443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,395 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedRIOregon: #303 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,957 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedSDIowa: #307 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,222 girlsIAIndiana: #465 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,162 girlsINOhio: #410 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,641 girlsOHPennsylvania: #534 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,234 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #585 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 4,280 girlsCAUtah: #245 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,244 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedNEMissouri: #351 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,613 girlsMOKentucky: #423 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,656 girlsKYWest Virginia: #290 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsWVVirginia: #433 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,485 girlsVAMaryland: #472 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,814 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,963 girlsNMKansas: #297 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsKSArkansas: #388 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #605 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,682 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #288 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,722 girlsOKLouisiana: #351 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedMSAlabama: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsALGeorgia: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ashly, so not publishedHITexas: #450 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,105 girlsTXFlorida: #615 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,139 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#245 · 1 in 1,244
  2. Oklahoma#288 · 1 in 1,722
  3. West Virginia#290 · 1 in 1,997
  4. Kansas#297 · 1 in 1,910
  5. Oregon#303 · 1 in 1,957

Best ever in a state: #91 in District of Columbia, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#245121 in 1,244
Oklahoma#288121 in 1,722
West Virginia#29051 in 1,997
Kansas#29781 in 1,910
Oregon#30381 in 1,957
Iowa#30781 in 2,222
Louisiana#351141 in 2,196
Missouri#351121 in 2,613
Arkansas#38851 in 2,555
New Mexico#39851 in 1,963
Ohio#410191 in 3,641
Kentucky#42361 in 3,656
Wisconsin#43081 in 3,830
Virginia#43391 in 3,485
Texas#450421 in 3,105
Indiana#46581 in 4,162
Michigan#466141 in 4,026
Maryland#47261 in 3,814
Washington#50671 in 3,837
Pennsylvania#534131 in 5,234
Minnesota#54951 in 5,735
Alabama#55351 in 4,307
California#585451 in 4,280
North Carolina#60561 in 5,682
Florida#615121 in 5,139
Georgia#61671 in 5,099
Illinois#81791 in 8,069
New York#1,44361 in 17,395
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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 Ashly
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#1,175 → #1,272)
  • 509 spots since 2020 (#1,781 → #1,272)
  • 551 spots since 2015 (#1,823 → #1,272)
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1983 (#929 → #562)
  • Biggest drop: 143 spots in 2010 (#958 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1986 at #437 (491 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1982–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,429
  • Highest: 1 in 3,429 girls born in 1987 were named Ashly (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,132 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #437 in 1986, was only 1 in 3,494 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.3% of all girls named Ashly (3,450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s30#4,222 (1968)#5,554
1970s240#1,814 (1979)#3,819
1980s3,450#437 (1986)#689
1990s3,216#536 (1990)#703
2000s3,060#699 (2005)#845
2010s1,276#1,101 (2010)#1,738
2020s907#1,175 (2024)#1,494

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.

Ashly in 1984

girls
#528
364 births · 1 in 4,626 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #528Ashly364
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 4,626 of them was named Ashly, which outranked 95.7% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashly
  1. #524Selena368
  2. #526Kirby367
  3. #526Rosanna367
  4. #528Ashly364
  5. #529Ariana363
  6. #529Chelsie363
  7. #529Debbie363
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →