Ashlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #972 for girls
Ashlyn is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dream, vision”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 972nd for girls in the US (262 babies).
What does Ashlyn mean?
Irish
“dream, vision”
A female given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ashlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 262 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashlyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Ashlyn, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ashlyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Ashlyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 46 | #724 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Ashlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #972among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 262about 1 in 6,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 262 girls in the US were named Ashlyn, making it the 972nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 601st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,539 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ashlyn than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Ashlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 520 girls in the US were given Ashlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #578, up from #972 for this spelling alone.
- Ashlyn 262
- Ashlynn 258
Ashlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 262 | #972 |
| 2024 | 294 | #901 |
| 2023 | 330 | #832 |
| 2022 | 367 | #775 |
| 2021 | 402 | #713 |
| 2020 | 483 | #601 |
| 2019 | 520 | #588 |
| 2018 | 543 | #569 |
| 2017 | 662 | #470 |
| 2016 | 836 | #398 |
| 2015 | 984 | #332 |
| 2014 | 1,063 | #308 |
| 2013 | 1,240 | #258 |
| 2012 | 1,514 | #207 |
| 2011 | 1,834 | #172 |
| 2010 | 1,947 | #157 |
| 2009 | 2,194 | #146 |
| 2008 | 2,264 | #152 |
| 2007 | 2,262 | #155 |
| 2006 | 2,458 | #141 |
| 2005 | 2,539 | #127 |
| 2004 | 2,455 | #131 |
| 2003 | 2,368 | #139 |
| 2002 | 2,077 | #158 |
| 2001 | 2,031 | #157 |
| 2000 | 1,822 | #178 |
| 1999 | 1,638 | #191 |
| 1998 | 1,548 | #201 |
| 1997 | 1,367 | #217 |
| 1996 | 1,243 | #227 |
| 1995 | 1,214 | #233 |
| 1994 | 1,093 | #256 |
| 1993 | 857 | #309 |
| 1992 | 688 | #371 |
| 1991 | 511 | #477 |
| 1990 | 419 | #559 |
| 1989 | 385 | #571 |
| 1988 | 281 | #683 |
| 1987 | 219 | #798 |
| 1986 | 171 | #929 |
| 1985 | 137 | #1,071 |
| 1984 | 95 | #1,303 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
Names like Ashlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Ashlyn
Names related to Ashlyn
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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, “Ashlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashlyn, updated 20 October 2026.