Ashe
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- ASH
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Unisex
Ashe is a name of English origin, meaning “ash tree”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Ashe mean?
English: English surname
“ash tree”
Arthur Ashe, who won Wimbledon in 1975, was the first Black man to win the men's singles title there.
Is Ashe a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ashe has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Ashe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Ashe, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 14 girls were also named Ashe in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ashe than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Ashe in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 boys in the US were given Ashe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,055, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Ash 175
- Ashe 6
In 2024, 50% of the babies named Ashe in the US were girls.
Ashe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Ashe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge Ace Case Ayaan Zyaire Kyaire Cade Cove Briggs Sage Zaire Tatum
Other spellings of Ashe
Names related to Ashe
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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, “Ashe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashe, updated 20 October 2026.