Ashley
Unisex · ASH-lee · English
Unisex
Ashley is a name of English origin, meaning “ash tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 773rd for boys in the UK (49 babies) and 164th for girls in the US (1,829 babies).
What does Ashley mean?
English: place name and surname
“ash tree clearing”
Originally a surname from English place names; Ashley Wilkes is a leading male character in Gone with the Wind.
- Say it
- ASH-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ashley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ashley has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 49 boys in the UK and 1,829 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Ashley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #773among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 6,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were named Ashley, making it the 773rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 610th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,882 boys. 25 girls were also named Ashley in 2025 (1,324th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ashley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 18% of the babies named Ashley in the UK in 1996, and 34% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 716th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#49) and 1994 (#33).
Ashley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #773 |
| 2024 | 36 | #942 |
| 2023 | 51 | #740 |
| 2022 | 48 | #762 |
| 2021 | 75 | #577 |
| 2020 | 66 | #610 |
| 2019 | 88 | #503 |
| 2018 | 96 | #476 |
| 2017 | 107 | #449 |
| 2016 | 146 | #358 |
| 2015 | 120 | #400 |
| 2014 | 156 | #323 |
| 2013 | 158 | #311 |
| 2012 | 250 | #228 |
| 2011 | 263 | #222 |
| 2010 | 308 | #195 |
| 2009 | 373 | #164 |
| 2008 | 338 | #175 |
| 2007 | 418 | #145 |
| 2006 | 454 | #135 |
| 2005 | 482 | #131 |
| 2004 | 494 | #127 |
| 2003 | 459 | #126 |
| 2002 | 536 | #105 |
| 2001 | 540 | #108 |
| 2000 | 629 | #98 |
| 1999 | 861 | #76 |
| 1998 | 1,330 | #59 |
| 1997 | 1,686 | #52 |
| 1996 | 1,882 | #45 |
How popular is Ashley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #164among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,829about 1 in 880 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,829 girls in the US were named Ashley, making it the 164th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 153rd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 54,856 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917. 27 boys were also named Ashley in 2025 (3,948th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ashley in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,080 girls in the US were given Ashley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173.
In 1917, 10% of the babies named Ashley in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 99%, with more girls than boys since 1964.
Ashley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,829 | #164 |
| 2024 | 2,240 | #124 |
| 2023 | 2,184 | #126 |
| 2022 | 1,865 | #154 |
| 2021 | 1,700 | #172 |
| 2020 | 1,808 | #153 |
| 2019 | 2,031 | #137 |
| 2018 | 2,280 | #129 |
| 2017 | 2,528 | #122 |
| 2016 | 3,045 | #101 |
| 2015 | 3,429 | #86 |
| 2014 | 3,560 | #87 |
| 2013 | 3,943 | #67 |
| 2012 | 4,701 | #50 |
| 2011 | 5,403 | #42 |
| 2010 | 6,317 | #29 |
| 2009 | 7,815 | #20 |
| 2008 | 9,408 | #18 |
| 2007 | 11,428 | #13 |
| 2006 | 12,353 | #12 |
| 2005 | 13,276 | #10 |
| 2004 | 14,377 | #8 |
| 2003 | 14,519 | #8 |
| 2002 | 15,344 | #6 |
| 2001 | 16,531 | #4 |
| 2000 | 18,000 | #4 |
| 1999 | 18,136 | #6 |
| 1998 | 19,875 | #5 |
| 1997 | 20,897 | #3 |
| 1996 | 23,678 | #3 |
| 1995 | 26,606 | #2 |
| 1994 | 30,281 | #2 |
| 1993 | 34,849 | #2 |
| 1992 | 38,460 | #1 |
| 1991 | 43,477 | #1 |
| 1990 | 45,561 | #2 |
| 1989 | 47,588 | #2 |
| 1988 | 49,977 | #2 |
| 1987 | 54,856 | #2 |
| 1986 | 49,671 | #2 |
| 1985 | 47,010 | #2 |
| 1984 | 38,773 | #3 |
| 1983 | 33,289 | #4 |
| 1982 | 14,851 | #17 |
| 1981 | 8,874 | #34 |
| 1980 | 7,296 | #40 |
| 1979 | 4,448 | #67 |
| 1978 | 3,482 | #87 |
| 1977 | 2,707 | #106 |
| 1976 | 2,287 | #115 |
| 1975 | 1,989 | #138 |
| 1974 | 1,625 | #165 |
| 1973 | 1,250 | #206 |
| 1972 | 1,176 | #234 |
| 1971 | 1,162 | #255 |
| 1970 | 927 | #305 |
| 1969 | 641 | #360 |
| 1968 | 542 | #399 |
| 1967 | 385 | #483 |
| 1966 | 262 | #583 |
| 1965 | 216 | #669 |
| 1964 | 181 | #771 |
| 1963 | 108 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 95 | #1,114 |
| 1961 | 81 | #1,223 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,486 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Ashley
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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