Ashling
Girl · ASH-ling · Irish
Ashling is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dream, vision”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashling mean?
Irish: anglicised spelling of Aisling
“dream, vision”
Spelling of Aisling, the Irish word for a dream or vision, also the name of a genre of Irish vision poetry.
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Is Ashling a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashling is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashling in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ashling in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashling in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
How popular is Ashling in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Ashling in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashling in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Ashling
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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