Ashton
#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births · #197 for boys in 2025, 1,801 births
Given to boys 81.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 5,436 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 88,267since 1881
Ashton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,173 | 85 | #197 | 1,801 |
| 2024 | #1,771 | 114 | #188 | 1,978 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | #156 | 2,344 |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | #145 | 2,613 |
| 2021 | #1,532 | 137 | #148 | 2,545 |
| 2020 | #1,432 | 152 | #136 | 2,712 |
| 2019 | #1,528 | 141 | #125 | 3,048 |
| 2018 | #1,313 | 173 | #128 | 3,056 |
| 2017 | #1,233 | 194 | #138 | 2,955 |
| 2016 | #1,236 | 197 | #133 | 3,102 |
| 2015 | #1,266 | 192 | #141 | 3,024 |
| 2014 | #1,382 | 167 | #143 | 2,819 |
| 2013 | #1,260 | 189 | #152 | 2,620 |
| 2012 | #1,351 | 173 | #142 | 2,814 |
| 2011 | #1,054 | 234 | #109 | 3,548 |
| 2010 | #1,299 | 181 | #127 | 3,234 |
| 2009 | #1,132 | 223 | #115 | 3,569 |
| 2008 | #1,126 | 229 | #122 | 3,518 |
| 2007 | #1,122 | 231 | #124 | 3,381 |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | #121 | 3,496 |
| 2005 | #778 | 334 | #107 | 4,069 |
| 2004 | #666 | 411 | #76 | 5,436 |
| 2003 | #472 | 631 | #101 | 4,215 |
| 2002 | #378 | 782 | #200 | 1,853 |
| 2001 | #361 | 823 | #216 | 1,598 |
| 2000 | #354 | 868 | #254 | 1,315 |
| 1999 | #334 | 904 | #278 | 1,065 |
| 1998 | #316 | 945 | #278 | 1,028 |
| 1997 | #294 | 978 | #290 | 964 |
| 1996 | #315 | 895 | #327 | 800 |
| 1995 | #296 | 931 | #324 | 808 |
| 1994 | #285 | 970 | #355 | 682 |
| 1993 | #331 | 792 | #343 | 714 |
| 1992 | #356 | 724 | #393 | 583 |
| 1991 | #358 | 718 | #358 | 669 |
| 1990 | #332 | 832 | #367 | 637 |
| 1989 | #260 | 1,027 | #403 | 533 |
| 1988 | #381 | 629 | #519 | 309 |
| 1987 | #320 | 758 | #535 | 286 |
| 1986 | #267 | 954 | #550 | 260 |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | #580 | 229 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #635 | 182 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 | #795 | 121 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #899 | 99 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,128 | 63 |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,333 | 30 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ashton! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ashton is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#40 · 1 in 154
- Mississippi#42 · 1 in 180
- Louisiana#46 · 1 in 199
- Wyoming#51 · 1 in 172
- Alaska#69 · 1 in 217
Best ever in a state: #23 in North Dakota, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #40 | 26 | 1 in 154 |
| Mississippi | #42 | 83 | 1 in 180 |
| Louisiana | #46 | 126 | 1 in 199 |
| Wyoming | #51 | 12 | 1 in 172 |
| Alaska | #69 | 16 | 1 in 217 |
| South Carolina | #71 | 72 | 1 in 301 |
| Arkansas | #74 | 55 | 1 in 273 |
| Michigan | #74 | 165 | 1 in 299 |
| Georgia | #78 | 176 | 1 in 335 |
| Utah | #80 | 77 | 1 in 299 |
| South Dakota | #81 | 17 | 1 in 242 |
| Maine | #84 | 17 | 1 in 296 |
| Alabama | #86 | 67 | 1 in 361 |
| North Dakota | #87 | 13 | 1 in 256 |
| Tennessee | #87 | 104 | 1 in 349 |
| Idaho | #90 | 28 | 1 in 313 |
| Indiana | #91 | 103 | 1 in 363 |
| Minnesota | #94 | 76 | 1 in 384 |
| West Virginia | #94 | 30 | 1 in 286 |
| Kentucky | #95 | 66 | 1 in 355 |
| Ohio | #96 | 159 | 1 in 394 |
| Missouri | #97 | 86 | 1 in 389 |
| Florida | #100 | 214 | 1 in 445 |
| Nebraska | #101 | 30 | 1 in 346 |
| North Carolina | #102 | 123 | 1 in 438 |
| Wisconsin | #103 | 73 | 1 in 393 |
| Oregon | #105 | 49 | 1 in 394 |
| Iowa | #106 | 41 | 1 in 386 |
| Maryland | #106 | 62 | 1 in 464 |
| Washington | #107 | 86 | 1 in 430 |
| Oklahoma | #108 | 52 | 1 in 413 |
| Colorado | #117 | 63 | 1 in 456 |
| New Hampshire | #118 | 12 | 1 in 425 |
| Pennsylvania | #124 | 108 | 1 in 575 |
| Virginia | #125 | 76 | 1 in 555 |
| Illinois | #129 | 132 | 1 in 550 |
| Nevada | #129 | 30 | 1 in 478 |
| Rhode Island | #144 | 8 | 1 in 528 |
| Arizona | #157 | 66 | 1 in 605 |
| Texas | #160 | 272 | 1 in 686 |
| Connecticut | #166 | 18 | 1 in 850 |
| Hawaii | #168 | 8 | 1 in 576 |
| Kansas | #171 | 26 | 1 in 644 |
| New York | #174 | 112 | 1 in 962 |
| New Mexico | #192 | 14 | 1 in 757 |
| Massachusetts | #196 | 31 | 1 in 1,002 |
| New Jersey | #197 | 41 | 1 in 1,088 |
| California | #215 | 239 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ashton
- 9 spots since 2024 (#188 → #197)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#136 → #197)
- 56 spots since 2015 (#141 → #197)
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 1893 (#956 → #1,035)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2004 at #76 (5,436 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2004
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1982–2025
- Highest: 1 in 365 boys born in 2004 were named Ashton (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 948 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 36.8% of all boys named Ashton (32,450) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #781 (1881) | #790 |
| 1890s | 25 | #852 (1897) | #936 |
| 1900s | 36 | #862 (1902) | #1,061 |
| 1910s | 193 | #1,181 (1915) | #1,337 |
| 1920s | 248 | #1,194 (1923) | #1,537 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,427 (1931) | #1,621 |
| 1940s | 164 | #1,536 (1945) | #1,829 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,582 (1952) | #2,076 |
| 1960s | 145 | #1,700 (1964) | #2,272 |
| 1970s | 323 | #1,128 (1979) | #1,651 |
| 1980s | 2,160 | #403 (1989) | #709 |
| 1990s | 7,950 | #278 (1999) | #331 |
| 2000s | 32,450 | #76 (2004) | #144 |
| 2010s | 30,220 | #109 (2011) | #134 |
| 2020s | 13,993 | #136 (2020) | #162 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ashton in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 8,238 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 94.4% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Aubrianna224
- #1,129Destini224
- #1,129Joselin224
- #1,132Ashton223
- #1,132Abrianna223
- #1,132Analise223
- #1,132Deasia223
- #1,143Jersey222
- #1,143Kayli222
- #1,143Nariah222
Tied with 10 names at #1,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 556 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.