Ashlyn

#972 for girls in 2025, 262 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 2,539 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,039
since 1963

Ashlyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ashlyn has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #127, 2005girls
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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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2025#972262—
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2022#775367—
2021#713402—
2020#601483—
2019#588520—
2018#569543—
2017#470662—
2016#398836—
2015#332984—
2014#3081,063—
2013#2581,240#12,1365
2012#2071,514#12,2745
2011#1721,834—
2010#1571,947—
2009#1462,194#10,9946
2008#1522,264—
2007#1552,262#10,9216
2006#1412,458—
2005#1272,539#11,4725
2004#1312,455#6,97610
2003#1392,368#7,2459
2002#1582,077—
2001#1572,031—
2000#1781,822—
1999#1911,638#7,1398
1998#2011,548—
1997#2171,367—
1996#2271,243—
1995#2331,214—
1994#2561,093—
1993#309857—
1992#371688—
1991#477511—
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1988#683281—
1987#798219—
1986#929171—
1985#1,071137—
1984#1,30395—
1983#1,41183—
1982#2,53237—
1981#2,72333—
1980#3,21526—
1979#3,23625—
1978#3,38822—
1977#3,76119—
1976#3,81217—
1975#5,16111—
1974#6,2588—
1973#5,5809—
1972#4,30013—
1971#5,5439—
1970#3,71216—
1969#3,95813—
1968#2,96919—
1967#3,84512—
1966#3,74012—
1965#2,93818—
1964#3,69213—
1963#5,2967—
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Ashlyn! It came in at #5,296, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Ashlyn is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNHWashington: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,897 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #775 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,027 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #558 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,650 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,416 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedSDIowa: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,172 girlsIAIndiana: #482 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,816 girlsINOhio: #868 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,978 girlsOHPennsylvania: #433 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,420 girlsPANew Jersey: #825 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,998 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #798 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 6,594 girlsCAUtah: #260 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #507 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,066 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #690 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,184 girlsVAMaryland: #511 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,958 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedNMKansas: #374 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,355 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedARTennessee: #668 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,957 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #238 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,507 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #358 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,475 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ashlyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #392 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,464 girlsOKLouisiana: #209 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsLAMississippi: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,739 girlsMSAlabama: #288 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,744 girlsALGeorgia: #309 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,993 girlsGAHawaii: #114 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 505 girlsHITexas: #474 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 3,102 girlsTXFlorida: #597 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,531 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#114 · 1 in 505
  2. Louisiana#209 · 1 in 1,171
  3. North Carolina#238 · 1 in 1,507
  4. Utah#260 · 1 in 1,344
  5. Alabama#288 · 1 in 1,744

Best ever in a state: #26 in Wyoming, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#114101 in 505
Louisiana#209221 in 1,171
North Carolina#238271 in 1,507
Utah#260101 in 1,344
Alabama#288131 in 1,744
Georgia#309211 in 1,993
South Carolina#35881 in 2,475
Kansas#37461 in 2,355
Iowa#38951 in 3,172
Oklahoma#39271 in 2,464
Pennsylvania#433211 in 3,420
Mississippi#44551 in 2,739
Texas#474431 in 3,102
Indiana#48291 in 3,816
Missouri#50781 in 4,066
Maryland#51171 in 3,958
Michigan#558131 in 4,650
Florida#597171 in 4,531
Massachusetts#64761 in 6,416
Tennessee#66851 in 5,957
Virginia#69061 in 6,184
Washington#73751 in 5,897
Illinois#775111 in 7,027
California#798371 in 6,594
New Jersey#82561 in 7,998
Ohio#86871 in 9,978
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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 Ashlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#901 → #972)
  • 371 spots since 2020 (#601 → #972)
  • 640 spots since 2015 (#332 → #972)
  • Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1986 (#1,071 → #929)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2021 (#601 → #713)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2005 at #127 (2,539 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 728
  • Highest: 1 in 728 girls born in 2005 were named Ashlyn (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,135 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 46.8% of all girls named Ashlyn (22,470) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s94#2,938 (1965)#3,777
1970s149#3,236 (1979)#4,475
1980s1,467#572 (1989)#1,524
1990s10,578#191 (1999)#304
2000s22,470#127 (2005)#148
2010s11,143#157 (2010)#346
2020s2,138#601 (2020)#799

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.

Ashlyn in 1989

girls
#572
385 births · 1 in 4,788 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #572Ashlyn385
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 4,788 of them was named Ashlyn, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashlyn
  1. #569Julianna390
  2. #570Bobbie387
  3. #571Alysia386
  4. #572Ashlyn385
  5. #573Rocio382
  6. #574Brandie381
  7. #574Octavia381
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →