Ashten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ASH-ton
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Ashten is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Ashten mean?
English: spelling of Ashton; place name and surname
“ash tree settlement”
From one of the many English places called Ashton, such as Ashton-under-Lyne.
Meaning borrowed from Ashton. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ashten a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Ashten, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Ashten in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,945 boys in the US were given Ashten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #207, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
In 1989, 90% of the babies named Ashten in the US were girls. By 2022 it was 19%, with more boys than girls since 2003.
Ashten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 83 | #1,796 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,087 |
| 2007 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,699 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Nicknames for Ashten
- Ash 31 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ashten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjun, Aarav, Avi, Ash, River, Avyaan, Aryan, Vihaan, Armani, Atharv, Arjan, Ishaan
Other spellings of Ashten
Names related to Ashten
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ashten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashten, updated 20 October 2026.