Ash
Boy · ASH · English
Ash is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 1,176th for boys in the US (175 babies).
What does Ash mean?
English: the tree name; also a short form of Ashley or Ashton
“ash tree”
In Norse myth the world tree Yggdrasil is an ash.
- Say it
- ASH
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Is Ash a girl's or a boy's name?
Ash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 17 girls and 175 boys in the US.
How popular is Ash in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,055among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Ash, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ash in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Ash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 43 | #813 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Ash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,176among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 175about 1 in 9,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 175 boys in the US were named Ash, making it the 1,176th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,084th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 204 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975. 17 girls were also named Ash in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Ash than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ash in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 boys in the US were given Ash or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,055, up from #1,176 for this spelling alone.
- Ash 175
- Ashe 6
Ash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | #1,176 |
| 2024 | 182 | #1,151 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,064 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,078 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 183 | #1,084 |
| 2019 | 145 | #1,283 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,335 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,613 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,062 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,090 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Ash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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