Ashely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ASH-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Ashely is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Ashely mean?
English: spelling of Ashley, an English place name and surname
“ash tree clearing”
Ashley comes from an Old English place name; in Gone with the Wind it belongs to the gentleman Ashley Wilkes.
Is Ashely a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Ashely, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 499 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Ashely in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,080 girls in the US were given Ashely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 73% of the babies named Ashely in the US in 1979, and over 99% in 1987.
Ashely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 104 | #1,819 |
| 2003 | 111 | #1,709 |
| 2002 | 104 | #1,742 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 126 | #1,396 |
| 1998 | 144 | #1,257 |
| 1997 | 137 | #1,279 |
| 1996 | 164 | #1,104 |
| 1995 | 189 | #988 |
| 1994 | 217 | #884 |
| 1993 | 234 | #839 |
| 1992 | 266 | #772 |
| 1991 | 316 | #677 |
| 1990 | 354 | #635 |
| 1989 | 421 | #541 |
| 1988 | 489 | #458 |
| 1987 | 499 | #444 |
| 1986 | 467 | #460 |
| 1985 | 417 | #489 |
| 1984 | 271 | #645 |
| 1983 | 241 | #706 |
| 1982 | 117 | #1,171 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
Nicknames for Ashely
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Bailey Amber Hailey Abby Riley Autumn Destiny Brittany Carly Aubrey Taylor
Other spellings of Ashely
Names related to Ashely
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Ashely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashely, updated 20 October 2026.