Ashlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ASH-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Ashlee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Ashlee mean?
English: spelling of Ashley, an English place name
“ash tree clearing”
Ashley comes from Old English aesc 'ash tree' and leah 'woodland clearing'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ashlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashlee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 114 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ashlee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Girls were 58% of the babies named Ashlee in the UK in 1996, and 73% in 2019.
Ashlee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 67 | #621 |
| 2008 | 74 | #563 |
| 2007 | 62 | #630 |
| 2006 | 114 | #398 |
| 2005 | 83 | #482 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 35 | #719 |
How popular is Ashlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Ashlee, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 2,466 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Ashlee in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,080 girls in the US were given Ashlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
Ashlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2016 | 95 | #2,068 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | 196 | #1,227 |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,096 |
| 2011 | 224 | #1,096 |
| 2010 | 313 | #858 |
| 2009 | 482 | #626 |
| 2008 | 570 | #540 |
| 2007 | 752 | #434 |
| 2006 | 969 | #341 |
| 2005 | 1,219 | #270 |
| 2004 | 1,164 | #284 |
| 2003 | 793 | #382 |
| 2002 | 843 | #353 |
| 2001 | 880 | #345 |
| 2000 | 1,008 | #313 |
| 1999 | 991 | #311 |
| 1998 | 1,172 | #267 |
| 1997 | 1,288 | #232 |
| 1996 | 1,438 | #202 |
| 1995 | 1,498 | #198 |
| 1994 | 1,644 | #180 |
| 1993 | 1,911 | #164 |
| 1992 | 2,012 | #154 |
| 1991 | 2,083 | #144 |
| 1990 | 1,941 | #154 |
| 1989 | 2,045 | #144 |
| 1988 | 2,154 | #133 |
| 1987 | 2,466 | #112 |
| 1986 | 2,117 | #132 |
| 1985 | 2,065 | #141 |
| 1984 | 1,609 | #171 |
| 1983 | 1,494 | #182 |
| 1982 | 812 | #300 |
| 1981 | 653 | #359 |
| 1980 | 435 | #483 |
| 1979 | 301 | #600 |
| 1978 | 198 | #776 |
| 1977 | 194 | #779 |
| 1976 | 147 | #897 |
| 1975 | 120 | #1,007 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,414 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,240 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Nicknames for Ashlee
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Bree Ffion Kiara Caitlin Brooke Cassidy Eden Aoibheann Erin Caragh
Other spellings of Ashlee
Names related to Ashlee
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ashlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashlee, updated 20 October 2026.