Ashford
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ASH-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ashford is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ford by the ash trees”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ashford mean?
English: English place name and surname
“ford by the ash trees”
From Old English for a ford by ash trees; Ashford is a market town in Kent.
Is Ashford a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ashford, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Ashford in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Nicknames for Ashford
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashford
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, “Ashford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashford, updated 20 October 2026.