Ash
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Ash
Ash has Southern charm plus the arboreal-nature appeal. Plus your little boy will prize Ash as the name of the hero of the Pokemon cartoons. Ash can also be a dashing short form of Asher, Ashton, or any other "Ash" name.
Ash for girls#6572 US
Ash is a gender-neutral choice that calls to mind the '80s favorite: Ashley. But view it as a nature name -- as in the tree, not the charred bit of soot in the fireplace -- and it makes a cool choice that fits with today's trends.
Pronounced ASH.
As of October 2026, Ash ranked #1177 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1064 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #466.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,064 | 68 | 35.4 |
| 2015 | #1,613 | 99 | 51.7 |
| 2016 | #1,295 | 140 | 73.8 |
| 2017 | #1,334 | 134 | 72.4 |
| 2018 | #1,374 | 128 | 70.5 |
| 2019 | #1,284 | 145 | 80.8 |
| 2020 | #1,084 | 183 | 106 |
| 2021 | #1,076 | 197 | 112.6 |
| 2022 | #1,078 | 202 | 115.7 |
| 2023 | #1,064 | 204 | 119.3 |
| 2024 | #1,147 | 182 | 105.6 |
| 2025 | #1,177 | 175 | 102.5 |
World rankings
Ash for boys
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Famous Ashs
- Ashton Baldwin "Ash" CarterBoy
25th U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Ashley "Ash" StymestBoy
English male model
- Ashley "Ash" BaronBoy
Cohen, English filmmaker
- (Victor) AshBoy
French graffiti artist
- Ash AminBoy
British academic
- Ashdubh "Ash"Boy
British YouTuber
- Ashley Hideyo "Ash" BowieBoy
American musician
- Ash HardellGirl
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Ash in pop culture
- Ashley James "Ash" WilliamsBoy
main character in the Evil Dead movies
- Ash Ketchum (Satoshi in Japanese)Boy
main character in the Pokemon series
- AshBoy
character in anime "Black Butler"
- Ash FisherBoy
main character of Elizabeth Richard's book "Black City"
- Ash CrimsonBoy
character in The King of Fighters series
- Ashley "Ash" QuinnBoy
main character in comics series Ash
- AshBoy
Marceline's ex,boyfriend on animated series "Adventure Time"
- Ash MatthewsBoy
character from "The Awakened" by Sara Elizabeth Santana
- AshBoy
character from "Supernatural" TV series
- Ash WestonBoy
character from tv show Vicious played by Iwan Rheon
- Ash FoxBoy
character from the movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
- AshBoy
character in Black Mirror episode "Be Right Back"
- Ash DoveBoy
character on TV's "H2O: Just Add Water"
- Ash Lynx (aka Aslan Jade Callenreese)Boy
main character of the animanga "Banana Fish"
- Ash TylerBoy
character on the TV series
- Star Trek: DiscoveryBoy
formerly known as Voq , Ash Tyler was a Klingon Warrior who underwent extreme surgery to appear human
- AshGirl
a main character in the 2016 animated film Sing, played by Scarlett Johansson
Variations & nicknames
- AsheBoy