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
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 491 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,179since 1966
Ashly over time
Rank among girls' names. Ashly has never cracked the top 400 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 | #1,272 | 176 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,175 | 204 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,304 | 174 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,573 | 135 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,861 | 107 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,781 | 111 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,802 | 113 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,084 | 92 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,184 | 87 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,823 | 114 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,868 | 108 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,849 | 109 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,530 | 144 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,382 | 165 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,101 | 226 | — | |
| 2009 | #958 | 279 | — | |
| 2008 | #834 | 339 | — | |
| 2007 | #770 | 378 | — | |
| 2006 | #782 | 351 | — | |
| 2005 | #699 | 395 | — | |
| 2004 | #843 | 292 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #865 | 279 | — | |
| 2002 | #823 | 283 | — | |
| 2001 | #928 | 239 | — | |
| 2000 | #946 | 225 | — | |
| 1999 | #805 | 271 | — | |
| 1998 | #867 | 243 | — | |
| 1997 | #845 | 243 | — | |
| 1996 | #755 | 280 | — | |
| 1995 | #720 | 284 | — | |
| 1994 | #730 | 285 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #643 | 348 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #591 | 386 | — | |
| 1991 | #542 | 432 | — | |
| 1990 | #536 | 444 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #497 | 472 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #486 | 465 | — | |
| 1987 | #438 | 507 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #437 | 491 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #460 | 466 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #528 | 364 | — | |
| 1983 | #562 | 323 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #929 | 161 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,337 | 94 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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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 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#382 · 1 in 1,765
- Iowa#414 · 1 in 2,854
- Washington#460 · 1 in 2,627
- Colorado#549 · 1 in 3,371
- Massachusetts#568 · 1 in 4,832
Best ever in a state: #91 in District of Columbia, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #382 | 5 | 1 in 1,765 |
| Iowa | #414 | 5 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Washington | #460 | 11 | 1 in 2,627 |
| Colorado | #549 | 6 | 1 in 3,371 |
| Massachusetts | #568 | 7 | 1 in 4,832 |
| Michigan | #597 | 12 | 1 in 4,518 |
| Pennsylvania | #600 | 13 | 1 in 4,995 |
| Florida | #603 | 17 | 1 in 4,384 |
| California | #615 | 57 | 1 in 4,254 |
| Texas | #670 | 29 | 1 in 4,689 |
| New York | #708 | 21 | 1 in 5,296 |
| Arizona | #825 | 5 | 1 in 5,410 |
| New Jersey | #855 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| Illinois | #962 | 9 | 1 in 8,248 |
| Georgia | #992 | 5 | 1 in 8,151 |
| Ohio | #1,152 | 5 | 1 in 12,935 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1986 at #437 (491 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1982–2009
- 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
- 28.3% of all girls named Ashly (3,450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #4,222 (1968) | #5,554 |
| 1970s | 240 | #1,814 (1979) | #3,819 |
| 1980s | 3,450 | #437 (1986) | #689 |
| 1990s | 3,216 | #536 (1990) | #703 |
| 2000s | 3,060 | #699 (2005) | #845 |
| 2010s | 1,276 | #1,101 (2010) | #1,738 |
| 2020s | 907 | #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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 6,266 of them was named Ashly, which outranked 95.4% 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).
- #724Mikala287
- #724Shea287
- #729Joanne286
- #730Ashly285
- #730Christiana285
- #730Janie285
- #730Joselyn285
- #735Shyanne284
- #736Kristyn282
- #736Yazmin282
Tied with 4 names at #730; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 241,504 of them was named Ashly, which outranked 37.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,868Zephan9
- #5,868Zerek9
- #5,868Zuriel9
- #6,372Ashly8
- #6,372Abad8
- #6,372Abdel8
- #6,372Abdoul8
- #6,968Abayomi7
- #6,968Abdoulaye7
- #6,968Abdoulie7
Tied with 595 names at #6,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.