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

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Peak · boys
2004 · 5,436 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
88,267
since 1881

Ashton over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #260, 1989peak #76, 2004girlsboys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,17385#1971,801
2024#1,771114#1881,978
2023#1,750117#1562,344
2022#1,731120#1452,613
2021#1,532137#1482,545
2020#1,432152#1362,712
2019#1,528141#1253,048
2018#1,313173#1283,056
2017#1,233194#1382,955
2016#1,236197#1333,102
2015#1,266192#1413,024
2014#1,382167#1432,819
2013#1,260189#1522,620
2012#1,351173#1422,814
2011#1,054234#1093,548
2010#1,299181#1273,234
2009#1,132223#1153,569
2008#1,126229#1223,518
2007#1,122231#1243,381
2006#1,026249#1213,496
2005#778334#1074,069
2004#666411#765,436
2003#472631#1014,215
2002#378782#2001,853
2001#361823#2161,598
2000#354868#2541,315
1999#334904#2781,065
1998#316945#2781,028
1997#294978#290964
1996#315895#327800
1995#296931#324808
1994#285970#355682
1993#331792#343714
1992#356724#393583
1991#358718#358669
1990#332832#367637
1989#2601,027#403533
1988#381629#519309
1987#320758#535286
1986#267954#550260
1985#1,118129#580229
1984#2,34041#635182
1983#2,51636#795121
1982#3,89820#89999
1981#5,88511#1,02978
1980#10,3925#1,14563
1979#8,0617#1,12863
1978—#1,57036
1977—#1,51537
1976#7,2967#1,82827
1975—#1,63031
1974—#1,58231
1973—#1,87123
1972—#2,08019
1971—#1,56031
1970—#1,74325
1969—#1,72823
1968—#1,96217
1967—#2,13914
1966—#2,21613
1965—#2,27013
1964—#1,70022
1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,27913
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,21014
1959—#2,03316
1958—#2,17714
1957—#1,79120
1956—#1,82119
1955—#2,55810
1954—#1,59323
1953—#2,7099
1952—#1,58223
1951—#2,05514
1950—#2,43810
1949—#2,6069
1948—#1,94315
1947—#1,64621
1946—#1,75917
1945—#1,53619
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,91015
1942—#1,58520
1941—#1,68517
1940—#1,62718
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,81815
1937—#1,57619
1936—#1,80115
1935—#1,65618
1934—#1,46122
1933—#1,82915
1932—#1,46523
1931—#1,42724
1930—#1,60221
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,64721
1927—#1,60323
1926—#1,91117
1925—#1,49325
1924—#1,57724
1923—#1,19436
1922—#1,33330
1921—#1,64822
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,62421
1918—#1,21133
1917—#1,36226
1916—#1,41524
1915—#1,18130
1914—#1,22123
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,26814
1911—#1,3877
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1909—#95110
1908—#1,2176
1907——
1906—#1,1116
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1902—#8628
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1900—#1,1626
1899——
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1897—#8527
1896—#9007
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1893—#1,0355
1892—#9566
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1883—#7996
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First appearance
1881

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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #89 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 276 boysAKMaine: #140 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 427 boysMEVermont: #113 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 303 boysVTNew Hampshire: #123 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 391 boysNHWashington: #173 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 697 boysWAIdaho: #203 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 659 boysIDMontana: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 302 boysMTNorth Dakota: #171 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 506 boysNDMinnesota: #134 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 492 boysMNIllinois: #130 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 543 boysILWisconsin: #120 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 433 boysWIMichigan: #102 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 397 boysMINew York: #171 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 780 boysNYMassachusetts: #213 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 994 boysMARhode Island: #140 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 444 boysRIOregon: #198 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 756 boysORNevada: #177 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 656 boysNVWyoming: #124 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 307 boysWYSouth Dakota: #95 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 303 boysSDIowa: #143 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 495 boysIAIndiana: #149 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 584 boysINOhio: #125 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 490 boysOHPennsylvania: #125 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 520 boysPANew Jersey: #178 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 771 boysNJConnecticut: #132 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 502 boysCTCalifornia: #226 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 1,017 boysCAUtah: #112 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 423 boysUTColorado: #261 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,017 boysCONebraska: #217 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 751 boysNEMissouri: #158 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 612 boysMOKentucky: #119 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 470 boysKYWest Virginia: #112 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 375 boysWVVirginia: #139 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 566 boysVAMaryland: #107 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 408 boysMDDelaware: #126 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 382 boysDEArizona: #181 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 693 boysAZNew Mexico: #243 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 900 boysNMKansas: #188 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 654 boysKSArkansas: #153 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 528 boysARTennessee: #91 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 378 boysTNNorth Carolina: #114 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 458 boysNCSouth Carolina: #90 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 368 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #161 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 542 boysDCOklahoma: #196 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 716 boysOKLouisiana: #94 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 367 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 188 boysMSAlabama: #71 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 272 boysALGeorgia: #80 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 323 boysGAHawaii: #101 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 326 boysHITexas: #160 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 670 boysTXFlorida: #97 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 413 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#38 · 1 in 188
  2. Alabama#71 · 1 in 272
  3. Georgia#80 · 1 in 323
  4. Alaska#89 · 1 in 276
  5. South Carolina#90 · 1 in 368

Best ever in a state: #23 in North Dakota, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#38711 in 188
Alabama#71841 in 272
Georgia#801661 in 323
Alaska#89111 in 276
South Carolina#90571 in 368
Tennessee#91961 in 378
Louisiana#94651 in 367
South Dakota#95131 in 303
Florida#972341 in 413
Hawaii#101131 in 326
Montana#101121 in 302
Michigan#1021171 in 397
Maryland#107651 in 408
Utah#112481 in 423
West Virginia#112201 in 375
Vermont#11351 in 303
North Carolina#1141121 in 458
Kentucky#119461 in 470
Wisconsin#120601 in 433
New Hampshire#123111 in 391
Wyoming#12451 in 307
Ohio#1251191 in 490
Pennsylvania#1251121 in 520
Delaware#12691 in 382
Illinois#1301141 in 543
Connecticut#132281 in 502
Minnesota#134551 in 492
Virginia#139721 in 566
Maine#140101 in 427
Rhode Island#14081 in 444
Iowa#143301 in 495
Indiana#149591 in 584
Arkansas#153261 in 528
Missouri#158501 in 612
Texas#1602631 in 670
District of Columbia#16181 in 542
New York#1711251 in 780
North Dakota#17181 in 506
Washington#173511 in 697
Nevada#177201 in 656
New Jersey#178531 in 771
Arizona#181501 in 693
Kansas#188231 in 654
Oklahoma#196271 in 716
Oregon#198231 in 756
Idaho#203121 in 659
Massachusetts#213291 in 994
Nebraska#217131 in 751
California#2262121 in 1,017
New Mexico#24391 in 900
Colorado#261261 in 1,017

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
123 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2004 at #76 (5,436 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 2004
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 365
  • Highest: 1 in 365 boys born in 2004 were named Ashton (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 948 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.8% of all boys named Ashton (32,450) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#781 (1881)#790
1890s25#852 (1897)#936
1900s36#862 (1902)#1,061
1910s193#1,181 (1915)#1,337
1920s248#1,194 (1923)#1,537
1930s190#1,427 (1931)#1,621
1940s164#1,536 (1945)#1,829
1950s158#1,582 (1952)#2,076
1960s145#1,700 (1964)#2,272
1970s323#1,128 (1979)#1,651
1980s2,160#403 (1989)#709
1990s7,950#278 (1999)#331
2000s32,450#76 (2004)#144
2010s30,220#109 (2011)#134
2020s13,993#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 2017

girls
#1,233
194 births · 1 in 8,899 girls
boys
#138
2,955 births · 1 in 626 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,233Ashton194

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #138Ashton2,955
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 8,899 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 93.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #1,224Taya196
  2. #1,231Bayleigh195
  3. #1,231Vayda195
  4. #1,233Ashton194
  5. #1,233Jaida194
  6. #1,233Marlene194
  7. #1,236America193
  8. #1,236Carson193
  9. #1,236Lenora193

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 626 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #135Ivan3,048
  2. #136Maddox3,044
  3. #137Juan2,997
  4. #138Ashton2,955
  5. #139Jayce2,917
  6. #140Rowan2,847
  7. #141Kaiden2,815
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →