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Ashly

Ashly was most popular in 1987, when 507 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 1,273 for girls.

12,301babies since 1880
1987most popular year
#437best rank, 1986
#1,273rank in 2025

Babies named Ashly each year in the US

Girls Boys

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DecadeGirlsBoys
1960s305
1970s24015
1980s3,45077
1990s3,21620
2000s3,0605
2010s1,2760
2020s9070

Ashly in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Ashly.

US England and Wales Scotland France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1987 1 in 3,429 #1,273
England and Wales 1988 1 in 16,193 n/a
Scotland 1986 1 in 7,479 n/a
France 2025 1 in 57,359 #3,724

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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