Ashleigh

How popular is Ashleigh in the UK?

Rank in 2025

2,856th among girls

Babies in 2025

9 about 1 in 31,000 girls

Five-year trend

Falling fast down 65% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Ashleigh, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,201 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Ashleigh since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Ashleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Ashleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.

• Ashley 25
• Ashleigh 9

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#55).

How popular is Ashleigh in the US?

Rank in 2025

6,837th among girls

Babies in 2025

16 about 1 in 100,000 girls

Five-year trend

Falling down 50% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Ashleigh, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 1,717 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.

2025 had fewer girls named Ashleigh than any year since 1970.

Half of all the girls named Ashleigh 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 Ashleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.

• Ashley 1,829
• Ashly 176
• Ashlee 38
• Ashleigh 16
• Ashely 12
• Ashlie 9