Is Ashley a boy or girl name?
Ashley is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 2,231 girls and 28 boys were named Ashley, so 98.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 98.2% of the 873,844 US babies named Ashley were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,886
- Girl rank, 2024
- #124
- Babies named Ashley since 1880
- 873,844
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 55,262 babies
Boys and girls named Ashley, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 108 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 96 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 360 | 5 | 1.4% |
| 1920s | 464 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 298 | 7 | 2.3% |
| 1940s | 603 | 86 | 12.5% |
| 1950s | 659 | 221 | 25.1% |
| 1960s | 1,299 | 2,566 | 66.4% |
| 1970s | 4,219 | 21,054 | 83.3% |
| 1980s | 5,214 | 352,185 | 98.5% |
| 1990s | 1,324 | 301,820 | 99.6% |
| 2000s | 655 | 133,050 | 99.5% |
| 2010s | 313 | 37,230 | 99.2% |
| 2020s | 145 | 9,783 | 98.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28 | #3,886 | 2,231 | #124 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,887 | 2,182 | #126 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,778 | 1,863 | #154 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,586 | 1,700 | #172 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,653 | 1,807 | #153 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,234 | 2,030 | #137 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,303 | 2,280 | #129 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,443 | 2,528 | #122 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,300 | 3,044 | #101 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,992 | 3,427 | #86 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,893 | 3,559 | #87 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,961 | 3,942 | #67 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,269 | 4,700 | #50 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,052 | 5,403 | #42 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,460 | 6,317 | #29 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,110 | 7,815 | #20 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,405 | 9,408 | #18 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,339 | 11,428 | #13 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,180 | 12,353 | #12 |
| 2005 | 69 | #1,854 | 13,275 | #10 |
| 2004 | 88 | #1,517 | 14,377 | #8 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,613 | 14,519 | #8 |
| 2002 | 60 | #1,870 | 15,344 | #6 |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,600 | 16,531 | #4 |
| 2000 | 82 | #1,487 | 18,000 | #4 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,477 | 18,136 | #6 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,450 | 19,874 | #5 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,227 | 20,896 | #3 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,107 | 23,678 | #3 |
| 1995 | 112 | #1,062 | 26,606 | #2 |
| 1994 | 132 | #958 | 30,283 | #2 |
| 1993 | 135 | #924 | 34,849 | #2 |
| 1992 | 168 | #808 | 38,461 | #1 |
| 1991 | 180 | #762 | 43,477 | #1 |
| 1990 | 239 | #652 | 45,560 | #2 |
| 1989 | 376 | #491 | 47,588 | #2 |
| 1988 | 303 | #523 | 49,975 | #2 |
| 1987 | 409 | #436 | 54,853 | #2 |
| 1986 | 420 | #417 | 49,672 | #2 |
| 1985 | 501 | #368 | 47,008 | #2 |
| 1984 | 541 | #344 | 38,774 | #3 |
| 1983 | 595 | #321 | 33,291 | #4 |
| 1982 | 649 | #305 | 14,854 | #17 |
| 1981 | 674 | #294 | 8,874 | #34 |
| 1980 | 746 | #282 | 7,296 | #40 |
| 1979 | 586 | #320 | 4,448 | #67 |
| 1978 | 533 | #328 | 3,482 | #87 |
| 1977 | 582 | #320 | 2,706 | #106 |
| 1976 | 475 | #350 | 2,288 | #115 |
| 1975 | 418 | #378 | 1,989 | #138 |
| 1974 | 409 | #383 | 1,625 | #165 |
| 1973 | 426 | #371 | 1,250 | #206 |
| 1972 | 273 | #475 | 1,176 | #234 |
| 1971 | 264 | #500 | 1,163 | #255 |
| 1970 | 253 | #507 | 927 | #305 |
| 1969 | 194 | #562 | 641 | #361 |
| 1968 | 169 | #582 | 542 | #399 |
| 1967 | 137 | #638 | 385 | #485 |
| 1966 | 111 | #703 | 262 | #583 |
| 1965 | 121 | #676 | 216 | #669 |
| 1964 | 110 | #735 | 181 | #771 |
| 1963 | 128 | #685 | 108 | #1,027 |
| 1962 | 114 | #718 | 95 | #1,113 |
| 1961 | 126 | #682 | 81 | #1,224 |
| 1960 | 89 | #808 | 55 | #1,488 |
| 1959 | 80 | #844 | 37 | #1,822 |
| 1958 | 75 | #871 | 38 | #1,764 |
| 1957 | 65 | #937 | 27 | #2,123 |
| 1956 | 64 | #935 | 23 | #2,323 |
| 1955 | 81 | #812 | 8 | #4,392 |
| 1954 | 73 | #852 | 21 | #2,382 |
| 1953 | 55 | #967 | 14 | #2,931 |
| 1952 | 59 | #928 | 23 | #2,129 |
| 1951 | 50 | #993 | 15 | #2,700 |
| 1950 | 57 | #904 | 15 | #2,660 |
| 1949 | 55 | #935 | 11 | #3,191 |
| 1948 | 66 | #839 | 13 | #2,841 |
| 1947 | 67 | #844 | 11 | #3,259 |
| 1946 | 71 | #786 | 7 | #4,015 |
| 1945 | 57 | #830 | 10 | #2,927 |
| 1944 | 55 | #853 | 10 | #2,957 |
| 1943 | 58 | #875 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1942 | 71 | #762 | 8 | #3,464 |
| 1941 | 54 | #857 | 6 | #3,988 |
| 1940 | 49 | #905 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,273 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,338 | 7 | #3,472 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,182 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,071 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,125 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,175 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,457 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,237 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,146 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,430 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,111 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,169 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 50 | #990 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,034 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 57 | #890 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,027 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 53 | #959 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,019 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 59 | #860 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,039 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 45 | #965 | 5 | #4,650 |
| 1916 | 48 | #917 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 47 | #906 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 42 | #821 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 31 | #875 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 23 | #938 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 16 | #827 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,323 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 10 | #954 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #952 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,104 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 13 | #677 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 10 | #791 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 11 | #726 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #914 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 14 | #586 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 10 | #685 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,324 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #862 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,130 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 17 | #476 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 10 | #728 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 10 | #689 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 17 | #481 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 10 | #654 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 12 | #601 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #705 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 12 | #569 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #823 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 10 | #589 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #858 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 9 | #649 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #761 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #789 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #684 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Ashley reached #282 in 1980. As a girl name, it reached #1 in 1991. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1980s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Ashley
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.