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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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
1905
1904
1903
1902#8628
1901
1900#1,1626
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892#9566
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#7996
1882
1881#7816
1880
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.

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 1987

girls
#320
758 births · 1 in 2,294 girls
boys
#535
286 births · 1 in 6,528 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #320Ashton758

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #535Ashton286
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,294 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 97.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #317Brianne763
  2. #317Carol763
  3. #319Shaina760
  4. #320Ashton758
  5. #320Miriam758
  6. #322Tatiana755
  7. #323Alissa753
  8. #324Keisha752

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

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 6,528 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 93.4% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ashton
  1. #532Emilio288
  2. #533Humberto287
  3. #533Stewart287
  4. #535Ashton286
  5. #535Braden286
  6. #535Greg286
  7. #538Brenden285
  8. #538Reynaldo285
  9. #540Ahmad284

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

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987