Ashby
Ashby was the 6481st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 608th; the most babies were born in 2017 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,172 places. More babies were named Ashby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,481 boys, up 179 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 13boys
- Girls and boys
- 44% girls, 56% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201732 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,398babies recorded
Ashby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,481 | — | 13 |
| 2020 | #8,463 | #6,660 | 12 | 12 |
| 2010 | #5,120 | #5,063 | 27 | 18 |
| 2000 | #6,238 | #4,214 | 17 | 18 |
| 1990 | #7,348 | #5,019 | 11 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #3,857 | — | 10 |
| 1970 | #8,069 | #4,262 | 5 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | #3,100 | — | 8 |
| 1950 | — | #3,046 | — | 7 |
| 1940 | — | #2,086 | — | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #1,969 | — | 15 |
| 1920 | — | #1,754 | — | 20 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | #918 | — | 5 |
How popular is Ashby, counting every spelling?
Ashby has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ashby?
13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ashby (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ashby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ashby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ashby?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Ashby are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 14 and 50. That makes Ashby mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Ashby
How popular is the name Ashby?
Ashby was the 6481st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 608th; the most babies were born in 2017 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,172 places. More babies were named Ashby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ashby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 44% girls, 56% boys given the name Ashby in the US.