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Ashton

Gender
Boy
Say it
ASH-ton
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#427 for boys
US rank, 2025
#197 for boys

Ashton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ash tree settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 427th for boys in the UK (104 babies) and 197th for boys in the US (1,801 babies).

What does Ashton mean?

English: place name and surname

“ash tree settlement”

From one of the many English places called Ashton, such as Ashton-under-Lyne.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ashton a girl's or a boy's name?

Ashton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 boys in the UK and 85 girls and 1,801 boys in the US.

How popular is Ashton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
427th among boys
Babies in 2025
104 about 1 in 2,900 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 104 boys in the UK were named Ashton, making it the 427th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 333rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,089 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ashton than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Ashton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 36% of the babies named Ashton in the UK in 1996, and under 1% in 2023.

Among boys in 2025, it was 448th in England and Wales, 262nd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 1,089 in 20092025
Ashton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025104#427
2024123#385
2023137#350
2022169#299
2021154#336
2020151#333
2019221#253
2018242#239
2017311#197
2016370#179
2015388#170
2014422#155
2013432#152
2012619#117
2011799#94
2010959#76
20091,089#71
20081,049#76
2007948#85
2006875#90
2005479#132
2004356#148
2003146#244
200262#413
200150#465
200048#480
199952#466
199872#367
199763#403
199674#349

How popular is Ashton in the US?

Rank in 2025
197th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,801 about 1 in 950 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 31% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,801 boys in the US were named Ashton, making it the 197th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 136th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5,436 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 85 girls were also named Ashton in 2025 (2,173rd for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ashton than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Ashton in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,945 boys in the US were given Ashton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #207.

In 2025, 5% of the babies named Ashton in the US were girls.

1881Busiest: 5,436 in 20042025
Ashton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,801#197
20241,978#188
20232,344#156
20222,613#145
20212,545#148
20202,712#136
20193,048#125
20183,056#128
20172,955#138
20163,102#133
20153,024#141
20142,819#143
20132,620#152
20122,814#142
20113,548#109
20103,234#127
20093,569#115
20083,518#122
20073,381#124
20063,496#121
20054,069#107
20045,436#76
20034,215#101
20021,853#200
20011,598#216
20001,315#254
19991,065#278
19981,028#278
1997964#290
1996800#327
1995808#324
1994682#355
1993714#343
1992583#393
1991669#358
1990637#367
1989533#403
1988309#519
1987286#535
1986260#550
1985229#580
1984182#635
1983121#795
198299#899
198178#1,029
198063#1,145
197963#1,128
197836#1,570
197737#1,515
197627#1,827
197531#1,629
197431#1,582
197323#1,870
197219#2,080
197131#1,559
197025#1,742
196923#1,727
196817#1,961
196714#2,138
196613#2,215
196513#2,269
196422#1,699
19637#3,317
196213#2,278
19619#2,898
196014#2,209
195916#2,032
195814#2,176
195720#1,790
195619#1,820
195510#2,557
195423#1,592
19539#2,708
195223#1,581
195114#2,054
195010#2,437
19499#2,605
194815#1,942
194721#1,645
194617#1,758
194519#1,535
194413#1,987
194315#1,909
194220#1,585
194117#1,685
194018#1,627
193918#1,578
193815#1,818
193719#1,576
193615#1,801
193518#1,656
193422#1,461
193315#1,829
193223#1,465
193124#1,427
193021#1,602
192921#1,611
192821#1,647
192723#1,603
192617#1,911
192525#1,493
192424#1,577
192336#1,194
192230#1,333
192122#1,648
192029#1,348
191921#1,623
191833#1,211
191726#1,362
191624#1,415
191530#1,181
191423#1,221
191315#1,364
191214#1,267
19117#1,386
19100–
190910#951
19086#1,216
19070–
19066#1,110
19050–
19040–
19030–
19028#861
19010–
19006#1,161
18990–
18980–
18977#851
18967#899
18950–
18940–
18935#1,034
18926#955
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18836#798
18820–
18816#780

Nicknames for Ashton

Names like Ashton

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Mason, Grayson, Hudson, Jaxon, Harrison, Austin, Hunter, Ali, Dawson, Ethan, Marley, Cooper

Other spellings of Ashton

Ashtyn, Ashten, Ashtin, Ashtynn

Names related to Ashton

Aston, Easton, Auston, Ashtan, Asheton

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, River

Every English name

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, “Ashton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashton, updated 20 October 2026.