Ashby
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 69.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,655since 1880
Ashby 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 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #3,964 | 25 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,916 | 16 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,256 | 31 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ashby was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ashby is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#255 · 1 in 2,179
Best ever in a state: #159 in Virginia, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #255 | 10 | 1 in 2,179 |
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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 Ashby
- 787 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #6,446)
- 174 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,446)
- 1,157 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1896 (#978 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1908 (#866 → #1,217)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #604 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1895–1896
- Highest: 1 in 10,780 boys born in 1885 were named Ashby (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.8% of all boys named Ashby (228) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #604 (1885) | #791 |
| 1890s | 24 | #722 (1896) | #823 |
| 1900s | 29 | #866 (1907) | #1,024 |
| 1910s | 150 | #1,256 (1918) | #1,555 |
| 1920s | 190 | #1,565 (1926) | #1,821 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,538 (1931) | #2,224 |
| 1940s | 152 | #1,485 (1941) | #1,913 |
| 1950s | 96 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,780 |
| 1960s | 79 | #2,300 (1963) | #3,233 |
| 1970s | 72 | #3,318 (1974) | #4,009 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,282 (1982) | #4,359 |
| 1990s | 127 | #3,849 (1998) | #4,831 |
| 2000s | 182 | #3,735 (2004) | #4,752 |
| 2010s | 228 | #3,440 (2017) | #4,419 |
| 2020s | 76 | #5,659 (2024) | #6,659 |
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.
Ashby in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 54,451 of them was named Ashby, which outranked 62.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,752Wally19
- #1,752Wilferd19
- #1,752Zeno19
- #1,811Ashby18
- #1,811Alcide18
- #1,811Alexis18
- #1,811Banks18
- #1,882Alvan17
- #1,882Aniello17
- #1,882Armon17
Tied with 70 names at #1,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.