Ashley
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Ashley for boys#3957 US
It may have peaked at #1 for girls in 1991 and 1992 in the US, but Ashley actually has a long history as a male given name, as evidenced by the sensitive Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. It's always been more popular for boys in England and Wales, where it currently ranks at #414.
Pronounced ASH-lee.
As of October 2026, Ashley ranked #164 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1991, Nameberry popularity #530.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #87 | 3,559 | #2,893 | 40 |
| 2015 | #86 | 3,427 | #3,992 | 26 |
| 2016 | #101 | 3,044 | #3,300 | 34 |
| 2017 | #122 | 2,528 | #3,443 | 32 |
| 2018 | #129 | 2,280 | #3,303 | 34 |
| 2019 | #137 | 2,030 | #4,234 | 24 |
| 2020 | #153 | 1,807 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2021 | #172 | 1,700 | #3,586 | 31 |
| 2022 | #154 | 1,863 | #3,778 | 29 |
| 2023 | #126 | 2,182 | #3,887 | 28 |
| 2024 | #124 | 2,231 | #3,886 | 28 |
| 2025 | #164 | 1,829 | #3,957 | 27 |
World rankings
Ashley for girls
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- Ashley Fuller OlsenGirl
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- Ashley Michelle TisdaleGirl
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- Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella)Girl
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- Ashley HinshawGirl
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- Ashley PeldonGirl
American actress
- Ashley Elisabeth WagnerGirl
American Olympic figure skater
- Ashley Elizabeth LawrenceGirl
Canadian soccer player
- Ashley Nichole Cabot aka Madison RayneGirl
American professional wrestler
- Ashley McCall ScottGirl
American actress and model
- Ashley Margaret Anne LeggatGirl
Canadian actress
- Ashley Alexandra Dupre aka Ashley Rae Maika DiPietroGirl
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- Ashley Ann GrahamGirl
American model
- Ashley Suzanne JohnsonGirl
American actress and singer
- Ashley Churchill WilliamsGirl
American actress
- Ashley Nicole RickardsGirl
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- (Maria) Ashley EcksteinGirl
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- Ashley UnderwoodGirl
American basketball player and Miss Maine 2009
- Ashley LangfordGirl
competitor on reality TV's "Bridalplasty"
- Ashley Nicolette Frangipane aka HalseyGirl
American pop singer
- Ashley Blazer Biden (b. 1981)Girl
daughter of VP Joe Biden
- Ashley Jade Stern (b. 1993)Girl
daughter of radio/TV personality Howard Stern
- Ashley Nicole Lewis (b. 1993)Girl
daughter of singer Karyn White and producer Terry Lewis
- Laura AshleyGirl
fashion designer
- Ashley NicholsGirl
cleanup artist for the animated series, "Hazbin Hotel"
- Ashley George HamiltonBoy
American actor
- Ashley "Ash" BaronBoy
Cohen, English filmmaker
- Ashley Bascom WrightBoy
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- Ashley Abrocket PurdyBoy
former bassist for American rock band Black Veil Brides
- Ashley ColeBoy
English footballer
- Ashley Simon YoungBoy
English footballer
- Ashley Parker AngelBoy
American singer of boy band O,Town
- Ashley Peter FoxBoy
British MEP
- Ashley MoteBoy
British MEP
- Ashley Taylor DawsonBoy
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- Ashley Walters aka Asher DBoy
American rapper and actor
- Ashley Charles aka SabrepulseBoy
English chiptune musician
- Ashley ZukermanBoy
American actor
- Ashley "Ash" StymestBoy
English male model
- Ashley Derek VincentBoy
English footballer
- Ashley BanjoBoy
English dancer and choreographer in dance group Diversity
- Ashley "Ash" Neil HorneBoy
member of The Midnight Beast
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Ashley in pop culture
- Ashley DaviesGirl
character on TV's "South Of Nowhere"
- Ashley GrahamGirl
character in video game "Resident Evil 4"
- Ashley RockwellGirl
character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
- Ashley SpinelliGirl
character in animated series "Recess"
- Ashley BanksGirl
character on TV's "Fresh Prince of Bel,Air"
- Ashley WilliamsGirl
character in the "Mass Effect" video games
- Ashley SeaverGirl
character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
- Ashley AbbottGirl
character on American soap "Young and the Restless"
- AshleyGirl
Cinderella's name in TV's "Once Upon a Time"
- Ashley "Ash"Girl
character in video game "Until Dawn"
- AshleyGirl
character on TV's "Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything"
- "AshleyGirl
" song by Green Day
- "AshleyGirl
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- Ashley OswaltGirl
a protagonist in the film Sinister
- Ashley DeWittGirl
mean girl character in TV series, "Hannah Montana"
- Ashley MarinGirl
Hanna Marin's mother in the TV and book series, 'Pretty Little Liars'
- Ashley BurkeGirl
main character in series "Two of a Kind"
- Ashley BarrettGirl
character in series "The Boys"
- Ashley WilkesBoy
character in Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind"
- Ashley James "Ash" WilliamsBoy
main character in the "Evil Dead" film series
- Ashley LindenBoy
character on TV's "Castle"
- Ashley CowgilBoy
character in the BBC's "Happy Valley"
- AshleyBoy
little boy in episode of "Creeped Out," kids anthology series on Netflix