Ashlyn

Where Ashlyn comes from

An anglicized form of Irish Aisling (“dream, vision”) with -lyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ashlyn
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #5,296 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Ashlyn Gere born
    American pornographic and TV actress
  3. 1985
    Ashlyn Harris born
    American soccer player
  4. 2005
    Peak, #127
    2,539 babies named Ashlyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #258.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Ashlyn Harris · American soccer player, born 1985
  • Ashlyn Gere · American pornographic and TV actress, born 1967
  • Ashlyn Krueger · US American tennis player, born 2004
  • Ashlyn Sanchez · American actress, born 1996
  • Ashlyn Pearce · American actress and model, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.