NameTides

Ashley

Ashley was the #164 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,829 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #509 in Canada.

Ashley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ashley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Ashley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#164 (1,829)#1,271 (25)——#443 (8)#509 (60)——
2024#124 (2,240)#1,406 (23)——#441 (8)#339 (89)——
2023#126 (2,184)#941 (37)——#404 (9)#351 (84)——
2022#154 (1,865)#729 (50)#470 (6)—#389 (10)#347 (86)——
2021#172 (1,700)#936 (37)——#661 (5)#363 (90)——
2020#153 (1,808)#749 (49)#544 (5)—#444 (8)#280 (109)——
2019#137 (2,031)#1,063 (32)#650 (4)—#395 (10)#252 (126)——
2018#129 (2,280)#886 (42)#583 (5)—#734 (4)#250 (126)——
2017#122 (2,528)#797 (49)#570 (5)#432 (3)#324 (13)#219 (142)——
2016#101 (3,045)#1,013 (35)#585 (5)—#419 (10)#190 (164)——
2015#86 (3,429)#708 (56)#509 (6)—#660 (5)#155 (196)——
2014#87 (3,560)#699 (56)#395 (9)#439 (3)#353 (13)#178 (189)——
2013#67 (3,943)#519 (80)#238 (17)#440 (3)#201 (28)#158 (197)——
2012#50 (4,701)#600 (70)#467 (7)—#371 (13)#128 (236)——
2011#42 (5,403)#702 (55)#300 (13)#363 (4)#414 (11)#92 (307)#90 (80)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #2.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 880 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 880common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ashley is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 740 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 580 to 1 in 950.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ashley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #286WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #171ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #176NYMassachusetts: #173MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #92NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #201INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #303PANew Jersey: #148NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: #91RICalifornia: #171CAUtah: #223UTColorado: #172CONebraska: #149NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #95KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #141VAMaryland: #69MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #148TNNorth Carolina: #195NCSouth Carolina: #198SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #216OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #190GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #86TXFlorida: #47FL
Ashley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32716
Ontario2024#46227

Ashley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AshleyCanadaGirls#50960
AshleyCanadaBoys—too few
AshleyEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
AshleyEngland & WalesBoys#71649
AshleyIrelandGirls#4438
AshleyIrelandBoys—too few
AshleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AshleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AshleyNSWGirls—too few
AshleyNSWBoys—too few
AshleyScotlandGirls—too few
AshleyScotlandBoys—too few
AshleyUSGirls#1641,829
AshleyUSBoys#3,94927
AshleyVICGirls—too few