Ashley
Top 1000
About Ashley
Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s; it hit Number 1 in 1991. Ashley is still pretty but more and more parents are turning to newer names like Ashlyn and Aubrey, and spellings such as Ashleigh and Ashlea. If you hear the name Ashley in a playground today, it's more likely to be the mom than the little girl.
As of October 2026, Ashley ranked #164 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1991, Nameberry popularity #513.
Editor's take: The name Ashley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "dweller near the ash tree meadow".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #87 | 3,559 | 1,992.3 |
| 2015 | #86 | 3,427 | 1,919.8 |
| 2016 | #101 | 3,044 | 1,717.8 |
| 2017 | #122 | 2,528 | 1,464.3 |
| 2018 | #129 | 2,280 | 1,340.3 |
| 2019 | #137 | 2,030 | 1,209.5 |
| 2020 | #153 | 1,807 | 1,117.8 |
| 2021 | #172 | 1,700 | 1,036 |
| 2022 | #154 | 1,863 | 1,135.9 |
| 2023 | #126 | 2,182 | 1,359.9 |
| 2024 | #124 | 2,231 | 1,377 |
| 2025 | #164 | 1,829 | 1,138 |
World rankings
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Ashley on lists
Famous Ashleys
- Ashley Fiolek
American motocross racer
- Ashley Victoria Benson
American actress
- Ashley Michele Greene
American actress
- Ashley Spencer Argota
American actress
- Ashley Monroe
American country music singer
- Ashley Madekwe
English actress
- Ashley Marie Massaro
American professional wrestler
- Ashley Fuller Olsen
American actress and fashion designer; twin sister Mary,Kate Olsen
- Ashley Michelle Tisdale
American actress and singer
- Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella)
American actress
- Ashley Hinshaw
American actress and model
- Ashley Qualls
American graphic designer and entrepreneur
- Ashley Peldon
American actress
- Ashley Elisabeth Wagner
American Olympic figure skater
- Ashley Elizabeth Lawrence
Canadian soccer player
- Ashley Nichole Cabot aka Madison Rayne
American professional wrestler
- Ashley McCall Scott
American actress and model
- Ashley Margaret Anne Leggat
Canadian actress
- Ashley Alexandra Dupre aka Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro
American singer, call girl and columnist
- Ashley Ann Graham
American model
- Ashley Suzanne Johnson
American actress and singer
- Ashley Churchill Williams
American actress
- Ashley Nicole Rickards
American actress
- (Maria) Ashley Eckstein
American actress
- Ashley Underwood
American basketball player and Miss Maine 2009
- Ashley Langford
competitor on reality TV's "Bridalplasty"
- Ashley Nicolette Frangipane aka Halsey
American pop singer
- Ashley Blazer Biden (b. 1981)
daughter of VP Joe Biden
- Ashley Jade Stern (b. 1993)
daughter of radio/TV personality Howard Stern
- Ashley Nicole Lewis (b. 1993)
daughter of singer Karyn White and producer Terry Lewis
- Laura Ashley
fashion designer
- Ashley Nichols
cleanup artist for the animated series, "Hazbin Hotel"
Ashley in pop culture
- Ashley Davies
character on TV's "South Of Nowhere"
- Ashley Graham
character in video game "Resident Evil 4"
- Ashley Rockwell
character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
- Ashley Spinelli
character in animated series "Recess"
- Ashley Banks
character on TV's "Fresh Prince of Bel,Air"
- Ashley Williams
character in the "Mass Effect" video games
- Ashley Seaver
character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
- Ashley Abbott
character on American soap "Young and the Restless"
- Ashley
Cinderella's name in TV's "Once Upon a Time"
- Ashley "Ash"
character in video game "Until Dawn"
- Ashley
character on TV's "Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything"
- "Ashley
" song by Green Day
- "Ashley
" song by Big Seanrson, main character of Susin Nielsen's novel "We Are All Made of Molecules"
- Ashley Oswalt
a protagonist in the film Sinister
- Ashley DeWitt
mean girl character in TV series, "Hannah Montana"
- Ashley Marin
Hanna Marin's mother in the TV and book series, 'Pretty Little Liars'
- Ashley Burke
main character in series "Two of a Kind"
- Ashley Barrett
character in series "The Boys"