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Ashdon

Boy · ASH-dun · English

Ashdon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Ashdon mean?

English: from the Essex village of Ashdon, Old English 'ash hill'

“ash tree hill”

Taken from Ashdon, a village in Essex whose name comes from Old English words for ash tree and hill.

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ASH-dun

Is Ashdon a girl's or a boy's name?

Ashdon is a boys' name.

How popular is Ashdon in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 25 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ashdon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2004, 27% of the babies named Ashdon in the UK were girls.

1997Busiest: 25 in 20092019
Ashdon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20191#6,258
20180–
20175#3,608
20165#3,655
20157#2,855
20148#2,593
201312#1,901
201211#2,080
201111#2,011
201015#1,654
200925#1,115
200818#1,378
200715#1,540
200622#1,096
200510#1,814
20048#1,983
20034#2,990
20026#2,106
20014#2,714
20004#2,612
19994#2,513
19980–
19974#2,438

How popular is Ashdon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the boys named Ashdon in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 18 in 20092022
Ashdon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202210#7,762
20215#12,141
20209#8,062
20198#8,883
20189#8,150
20179#8,136
201617#5,314
201514#5,995
20148#8,775
20138#8,784
201213#6,300
201112#6,572
201010#7,585
200918#5,100
200814#6,065
20079#8,169
200611#6,899
200515#5,273
20048#8,137
200313#5,551
20020–
20015#10,548
20007#8,202
19996#8,697
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19945#8,794
19930–
19925#8,426
19915#8,228

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