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Baby name
Ashton
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18% girls / 82% boys
Origin of the name
Ashton comes from an English place name meaning “ash tree farm.”
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Where babies named Ashton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ashton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ashton is most common in Utah (2.4 times), Louisiana (2.2) and Nevada (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Ashton are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ashton is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ashton is most common in Arkansas (3.6 times), South Carolina (3.1) and Oklahoma (3.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 0% | 100% |
| 1960s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 4% | 96% |
| 1980s | 63% | 37% |
| 1990s | 52% | 48% |
| 2000s | 13% | 87% |
| 2010s | 6% | 94% |
| 2020s | 5% | 95% |