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Ashley

Girl

Origin of the name

Ashley comes from an English place name meaning “ash tree wood,” from the Old English æsc, “ash,” and lēah, “wood, clearing.”

Short-lived name

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1987 was its best year: 54,856 births, or 1 baby in 66. The decline was steep: births are now 96% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 164. 41% of all babies named Ashley since 1880 were born in the 1980s.
859,857births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1987

Where babies named Ashley are born

1987

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The darker the blue, the more common Ashley is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ashley is most common in Delaware (1.3 times), Nevada (1.3) and Wyoming (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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