Ashby
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Ashby is a name, meaning “ashtree”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Ashby mean?
“ashtree”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ashby a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ashby has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Ashby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Ashby, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 32 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ashby in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 53% of the babies named Ashby in the US were girls.
Ashby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Ashby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ashby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashby, updated 20 October 2026.