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Baby Girl Names - Ashley
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The name Ashley is of Old English origin, and means ash tree clearing. The table below indicates the number of times the name Ashley has been given to baby girls in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Ashley for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 755,144 | 755,144 | 731,898 | 187,437 | 78,379 | 28,634 | 14,194 |
The table below indicates the number of times the name Ashley has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 684 | 8 | ||
| 1881 | 789 | 6 | ||
| 1882 | 761 | 7 | ||
| 1883 | 649 | 9 | ||
| 1884 | 858 | 6 | ||
| 1885 | 521 | 13 | ||
| 1886 | 491 | 14 | ||
| 1887 | 589 | 10 | ||
| 1888 | 823 | 7 | ||
| 1889 | ||||
| 1890 | 569 | 12 | ||
| 1891 | 705 | 8 | ||
| 1892 | 601 | 12 | ||
| 1893 | 654 | 10 | ||
| 1894 | 481 | 17 | ||
| 1895 | 689 | 10 | ||
| 1896 | 728 | 10 | ||
| 1897 | 477 | 17 | ||
| 1898 | ||||
| 1899 | 863 | 7 | ||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1901 | 685 | 10 | ||
| 1902 | 586 | 14 | ||
| 1903 | 915 | 7 | ||
| 1904 | 727 | 11 | ||
| 1905 | 792 | 10 | ||
| 1906 | 644 | 14 | ||
| 1907 | ||||
| 1908 | 950 | 9 | ||
| 1909 | 953 | 10 | ||
| 1910 | ||||
| 1911 | 825 | 16 | ||
| 1912 | 937 | 23 | ||
| 1913 | 875 | 31 | ||
| 1914 | 823 | 42 | ||
| 1915 | 906 | 47 | ||
| 1916 | 916 | 48 | ||
| 1917 | 961 | 45 | ||
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| 1919 | 865 | 58 | ||
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| 1922 | 962 | 53 | ||
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| 1925 | 882 | 58 | ||
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| 1927 | 992 | 50 | ||
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| 1940 | 903 | 49 | ||
| 1941 | 857 | 54 | ||
| 1942 | 752 | 72 | ||
| 1943 | 877 | 57 | ||
| 1944 | 848 | 55 | ||
| 1945 | 829 | 57 | ||
| 1946 | 781 | 72 | ||
| 1947 | 862 | 65 | ||
| 1948 | 842 | 65 | ||
| 1949 | 934 | 55 | ||
| 1950 | 904 | 57 | ||
| 1951 | ||||
| 1952 | 903 | 61 | ||
| 1953 | 988 | 53 | ||
| 1954 | 861 | 72 | ||
| 1955 | 804 | 82 | ||
| 1956 | 931 | 64 | ||
| 1957 | 928 | 66 | ||
| 1958 | 875 | 74 | ||
| 1959 | 846 | 80 | ||
| 1960 | 808 | 89 | ||
| 1961 | 682 | 126 | ||
| 1962 | 718 | 114 | ||
| 1963 | 681 | 130 | ||
| 1964 | 772 | 179 | 733 | 110 |
| 1965 | 668 | 217 | 680 | 119 |
| 1966 | 586 | 260 | 706 | 110 |
| 1967 | 484 | 385 | 637 | 138 |
| 1968 | 397 | 543 | 579 | 170 |
| 1969 | 364 | 638 | 561 | 194 |
| 1970 | 305 | 927 | 506 | 253 |
| 1971 | 255 | 1,161 | 499 | 263 |
| 1972 | 237 | 1,171 | 473 | 274 |
| 1973 | 206 | 1,251 | 372 | 424 |
| 1974 | 166 | 1,618 | 382 | 408 |
| 1975 | 138 | 1,990 | 376 | 418 |
| 1976 | 115 | 2,280 | 349 | 478 |
| 1977 | 106 | 2,705 | 319 | 582 |
| 1978 | 88 | 3,478 | 328 | 532 |
| 1979 | 66 | 4,443 | 320 | 586 |
| 1980 | 40 | 7,289 | 282 | 747 |
| 1981 | 34 | 8,873 | 294 | 675 |
| 1982 | 17 | 14,841 | 304 | 648 |
| 1983 | 4 | 33,254 | 322 | 594 |
| 1984 | 3 | 38,739 | 344 | 538 |
| 1985 | 2 | 46,980 | 367 | 500 |
| 1986 | 2 | 49,656 | 417 | 419 |
| 1987 | 2 | 54,815 | 437 | 408 |
| 1988 | 2 | 49,915 | 522 | 303 |
| 1989 | 2 | 47,576 | 490 | 376 |
| 1990 | 2 | 45,533 | 656 | 237 |
| 1991 | 1 | 43,455 | 756 | 181 |
| 1992 | 1 | 38,441 | 806 | 168 |
| 1993 | 2 | 34,833 | 923 | 135 |
| 1994 | 2 | 30,261 | 956 | 132 |
| 1995 | 2 | 26,588 | ||
| 1996 | 3 | 23,660 | ||
| 1997 | 3 | 20,871 | ||
| 1998 | 4 | 19,837 | ||
| 1999 | 6 | 18,102 | ||
| 2000 | 4 | 17,961 | ||
| 2001 | 4 | 16,495 | ||
| 2002 | 6 | 15,289 | ||
| 2003 | 8 | 14,440 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 14,194 | ||
| Totals: | 755,144 | 13,528 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Ashley as a girl's name about 98% of the time and less frequently (about 1% of the time) as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Ashley appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 41 times during the last 125 years.
See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.
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