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
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 5,436 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 88,267since 1881
Ashton 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 | #2,173 | 85 | #197 | 1,801 |
| 2024 | #1,771 | 114 | #188 | 1,978 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | #156 | 2,344 |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | #145 | 2,613 |
| 2021 | #1,532 | 137 | #148 | 2,545 |
| 2020 | #1,432 | 152 | #136 | 2,712 |
| 2019 | #1,528 | 141 | #125 | 3,048 |
| 2018 | #1,313 | 173 | #128 | 3,056 |
| 2017 | #1,233 | 194 | #138 | 2,955 |
| 2016 | #1,236 | 197 | #133 | 3,102 |
| 2015 | #1,266 | 192 | #141 | 3,024 |
| 2014 | #1,382 | 167 | #143 | 2,819 |
| 2013 | #1,260 | 189 | #152 | 2,620 |
| 2012 | #1,351 | 173 | #142 | 2,814 |
| 2011 | #1,054 | 234 | #109 | 3,548 |
| 2010 | #1,299 | 181 | #127 | 3,234 |
| 2009 | #1,132 | 223 | #115 | 3,569 |
| 2008 | #1,126 | 229 | #122 | 3,518 |
| 2007 | #1,122 | 231 | #124 | 3,381 |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | #121 | 3,496 |
| 2005 | #778 | 334 | #107 | 4,069 |
| 2004 | #666 | 411 | #76 | 5,436 |
| 2003 | #472 | 631 | #101 | 4,215 |
| 2002 | #378 | 782 | #200 | 1,853 |
| 2001 | #361 | 823 | #216 | 1,598 |
| 2000 | #354 | 868 | #254 | 1,315 |
| 1999 | #334 | 904 | #278 | 1,065 |
| 1998 | #316 | 945 | #278 | 1,028 |
| 1997 | #294 | 978 | #290 | 964 |
| 1996 | #315 | 895 | #327 | 800 |
| 1995 | #296 | 931 | #324 | 808 |
| 1994 | #285 | 970 | #355 | 682 |
| 1993 | #331 | 792 | #343 | 714 |
| 1992 | #356 | 724 | #393 | 583 |
| 1991 | #358 | 718 | #358 | 669 |
| 1990 | #332 | 832 | #367 | 637 |
| 1989 | #260 | 1,027 | #403 | 533 |
| 1988 | #381 | 629 | #519 | 309 |
| 1987 | #320 | 758 | #535 | 286 |
| 1986 | #267 | 954 | #550 | 260 |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 | #580 | 229 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #635 | 182 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 | #795 | 121 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | #899 | 99 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,128 | 63 |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,333 | 30 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2004 at #76 (5,436 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2004
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1982–2025
- Highest: 1 in 365 boys born in 2004 were named Ashton (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 948 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 36.8% of all boys named Ashton (32,450) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #781 (1881) | #790 |
| 1890s | 25 | #852 (1897) | #936 |
| 1900s | 36 | #862 (1902) | #1,061 |
| 1910s | 193 | #1,181 (1915) | #1,337 |
| 1920s | 248 | #1,194 (1923) | #1,537 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,427 (1931) | #1,621 |
| 1940s | 164 | #1,536 (1945) | #1,829 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,582 (1952) | #2,076 |
| 1960s | 145 | #1,700 (1964) | #2,272 |
| 1970s | 323 | #1,128 (1979) | #1,651 |
| 1980s | 2,160 | #403 (1989) | #709 |
| 1990s | 7,950 | #278 (1999) | #331 |
| 2000s | 32,450 | #76 (2004) | #144 |
| 2010s | 30,220 | #109 (2011) | #134 |
| 2020s | 13,993 | #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 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 13,714 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 90.1% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,736Sedona118
- #1,736Vivien118
- #1,736Winry118
- #1,750Ashton117
- #1,750Ally117
- #1,750Carlee117
- #1,750Empress117
- #1,762Brayleigh116
- #1,762Danae116
- #1,762Eisley116
Tied with 11 names at #1,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 730 of them was named Ashton, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.