Ashland
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ASH-lund
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Ashland is a name of English origin, meaning “land with ash trees”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Ashland mean?
English: English place name and surname, Old English aesc 'ash tree' + land
“land with ash trees”
Ashland was the Kentucky estate of the nineteenth-century statesman Henry Clay.
Is Ashland a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ashland has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US.
How popular is Ashland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Ashland, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Ashland in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 68% of the babies named Ashland in the US were girls.
Ashland in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Nicknames for Ashland
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Cassidy, Heaven, Brooklyn, Brynn, Kenley, Devyn, Kaitlyn, Riley, Ocean, Mckenna, Briar
Names related to Ashland
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, “Ashland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashland, updated 20 October 2026.