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
#76
2004 · 5,436 births
Debut · boys
1881
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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
1910——
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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1881—#7816
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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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #127 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 365 boysAKMaine: #100 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 297 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #159 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 542 boysNHWashington: #190 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 754 boysWAIdaho: #119 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 430 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #132 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 490 boysMNIllinois: #158 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 651 boysILWisconsin: #148 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 544 boysWIMichigan: #93 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 381 boysMINew York: #144 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 659 boysNYMassachusetts: #171 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 688 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedRIOregon: #142 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 516 boysORNevada: #221 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 791 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ashton, so not publishedSDIowa: #244 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 905 boysIAIndiana: #167 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 613 boysINOhio: #131 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 482 boysOHPennsylvania: #130 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 519 boysPANew Jersey: #142 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 578 boysNJConnecticut: #145 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 524 boysCTCalifornia: #219 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 998 boysCAUtah: #185 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 689 boysUTColorado: #155 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 612 boysCONebraska: #271 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 975 boysNEMissouri: #137 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 491 boysMOKentucky: #95 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 364 boysKYWest Virginia: #96 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 303 boysWVVirginia: #144 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 569 boysVAMaryland: #124 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 482 boysMDDelaware: #92 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 258 boysDEArizona: #185 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 726 boysAZNew Mexico: #142 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 485 boysNMKansas: #307 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,247 boysKSArkansas: #196 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 709 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 473 boysTNNorth Carolina: #101 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 401 boysNCSouth Carolina: #80 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 303 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #138 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 437 boysDCOklahoma: #204 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 739 boysOKLouisiana: #61 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 273 boysLAMississippi: #26 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 176 boysMSAlabama: #54 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 250 boysALGeorgia: #73 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 316 boysGAHawaii: #75 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 266 boysHITexas: #190 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 784 boysTXFlorida: #124 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 515 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#26 · 1 in 176
  2. Alabama#54 · 1 in 250
  3. Louisiana#61 · 1 in 273
  4. Georgia#73 · 1 in 316
  5. Hawaii#75 · 1 in 266

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#26691 in 176
Alabama#54871 in 250
Louisiana#61791 in 273
Georgia#731591 in 316
Hawaii#75131 in 266
South Carolina#80661 in 303
Delaware#92121 in 258
Michigan#931121 in 381
Kentucky#95541 in 364
West Virginia#96231 in 303
Maine#100131 in 297
North Carolina#1011221 in 401
Idaho#119181 in 430
Florida#1241751 in 515
Maryland#124521 in 482
Tennessee#124721 in 473
Alaska#12771 in 365
Pennsylvania#1301041 in 519
Ohio#1311131 in 482
Minnesota#132511 in 490
Missouri#137581 in 491
District of Columbia#13881 in 437
New Jersey#142681 in 578
New Mexico#142151 in 485
Oregon#142301 in 516
New York#1441331 in 659
Virginia#144681 in 569
Connecticut#145251 in 524
Wisconsin#148441 in 544
Colorado#155411 in 612
Illinois#158841 in 651
New Hampshire#15981 in 542
Indiana#167531 in 613
Massachusetts#171391 in 688
Arizona#185441 in 726
Utah#185281 in 689
Texas#1902161 in 784
Washington#190441 in 754
Arkansas#196181 in 709
Oklahoma#204241 in 739
California#2191901 in 998
Nevada#221151 in 791
Iowa#244151 in 905
Nebraska#27191 in 975
Kansas#307111 in 1,247
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North Dakota———
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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 2020

girls
#1,432
152 births · 1 in 10,635 girls
boys
#136
2,712 births · 1 in 636 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #1,432Ashton152

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #136Ashton2,712
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,635 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 91.8% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #1,422Joey153
  2. #1,422Lavender153
  3. #1,422Rosalind153
  4. #1,432Ashton152
  5. #1,432Aimee152
  6. #1,432Geneva152
  7. #1,432Ira152
  8. #1,442Gwyneth151
  9. #1,442Heather151
  10. #1,442Kamiya151

Tied with 9 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 636 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #133Cole2,771
  2. #134Milo2,768
  3. #135Zachary2,729
  4. #136Ashton2,712
  5. #137Luis2,705
  6. #138Jasper2,640
  7. #139Kaiden2,624
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →