Ashley Name Popularity

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How popular is Ashley?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Ashley, ranked the 129th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Ashley has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 1, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1991 and as recently as 1992.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1987 with 54,854 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Ashley in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1940.

Approximately during the years 1949-1952, and 1955-1987, the name Ashley took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1987-2017.

Ashley became more popular as a girls name in 1964.

The popularity trend for Ashley has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Ashley has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Ashley?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Ashley is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Ashley is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Ashley (Girl)		Ashley (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,267	129	34	3,284
2017		2,524	122	32	3,435
2016		3,038	101	34	3,296
2015		3,424	85	26	3,987
2014		3,556	87	40	2,889
2013		3,937	68	38	2,956
2012		4,699	50	17	5,265
2011		5,398	42	37	3,049
2010		6,314	29	31	3,459
2009		7,813	20	37	3,108
2008		9,403	18	53	2,403
2007		11,425	13	55	2,338
2006		12,346	12	59	2,180
2005		13,274	10	69	1,854
2004		14,373	8	88	1,516
2003		14,514	8	78	1,613
2002		15,344	6	60	1,870
2001		16,527	4	74	1,598
2000		17,997	4	82	1,486
1999		18,136	6	77	1,477
1998		19,873	5	78	1,450
1997		20,896	3	95	1,227
1996		23,677	3	108	1,107
1995		26,602	2	112	1,062
1994		30,278	2	132	958
1993		34,850	2	135	924
1992		38,453	1	168	808
1991		43,478	1	180	762
1990		45,560	2	239	652
1989		47,589	2	376	490
1988		49,963	2	303	524
1987		54,854	2	409	436
1986		49,676	2	418	420
1985		47,007	2	502	365
1984		38,772	3	541	344
1983		33,293	4	595	321
1982		14,857	17	650	305
1981		8,879	34	674	294
1980		7,297	40	746	282
1979		4,452	67	586	321
1978		3,482	87	533	329
1977		2,706	106	582	321
1976		2,289	115	475	351
1975		1,989	138	418	378
1974		1,626	165	409	383
1973		1,253	206	426	371
1972		1,176	234	274	473
1971		1,164	255	263	501
1970		930	305	253	507
1969		641	360	194	561
1968		542	399	169	582
1967		386	483	137	638
1966		264	579	111	704
1965		218	668	121	676
1964		181	771	110	735
1963		108	1,027	129	683
1962		95	1,113	113	720
1961		80	1,232	126	682
1960		55	1,488	89	809
1959		37	1,822	80	845
1958		38	1,767	75	869
1957		27	2,125	65	938
1956		23	2,322	64	934
1955		8	4,394	81	813
1954		21	2,383	73	854
1953		15	2,826	55	967
1952		23	2,128	59	926
1951		15	2,700	50	993
1950		15	2,661	57	904
1949		11	3,191	55	934
1948		13	2,841	66	839
1947		11	3,258	67	844
1946		7	4,015	71	786
1945		10	2,927	57	830
1944		10	2,957	55	852
1943		10	3,050	58	875
1942		8	3,465	71	762
1941		6	3,987	54	859
1940		< 5	--	49	904
1939		< 5	--	27	1,274
1938		7	3,472	25	1,339
1937		< 5	--	31	1,182
1936		< 5	--	36	1,073
1935		< 5	--	34	1,125
1934		< 5	--	32	1,175
1933		< 5	--	22	1,456
1932		< 5	--	30	1,237
1931		< 5	--	35	1,147
1930		< 5	--	26	1,430
1929		< 5	--	39	1,111
1928		< 5	--	37	1,169
1927		< 5	--	50	990
1926		< 5	--	45	1,034
1925		< 5	--	57	890
1924		< 5	--	46	1,045
1923		< 5	--	47	1,028
1922		< 5	--	53	959
1921		< 5	--	47	1,019
1920		< 5	--	43	1,072
1919		< 5	--	59	860
1918		< 5	--	42	1,039
1917		5	4,650	45	965
1916		< 5	--	48	917
1915		< 5	--	47	906
1914		< 5	--	42	821
1913		< 5	--	31	875
1912		< 5	--	23	938
1911		< 5	--	16	827
1910		< 5	--	7	1,323
1909		< 5	--	10	954
1908		< 5	--	9	952
1907		< 5	--	7	1,104
1906		< 5	--	13	677
1905		< 5	--	10	791
1904		< 5	--	11	726
1903		< 5	--	7	914
1902		< 5	--	14	586
1901		< 5	--	10	685
1900		< 5	--	5	1,324
1899		< 5	--	7	862
1898		< 5	--	5	1,130
1897		< 5	--	17	476
1896		< 5	--	10	728
1895		< 5	--	10	689
1894		< 5	--	17	481
1893		< 5	--	10	654
1892		< 5	--	12	601
1891		< 5	--	8	705
1890		< 5	--	12	569
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	7	823
1887		< 5	--	10	589
1886		< 5	--	14	491
1885		< 5	--	13	521
1884		< 5	--	6	858
1883		< 5	--	9	649
1882		< 5	--	7	761
1881		< 5	--	6	789
1880		< 5	--	8	684

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.