Ashely
Ashely was the 8422nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 444th with 499 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,563 places. More babies were named Ashely in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,422 girls, up 3,888 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1987499 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,597babies recorded
Ashely popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 70 since 1973.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,422 | 12 |
| 2020 | #12,310 | 7 |
| 2010 | #3,630 | 43 |
| 2000 | #1,458 | 126 |
| 1990 | #636 | 354 |
| 1980 | #2,250 | 44 |
| 1970 | #5,855 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ashely, counting every spelling?
Ashely has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ashely?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ashely (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ashely 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ashely.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ashely?
About 6,400 people born in the US named Ashely are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 29 and 40. That makes Ashely mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ashely: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ashely, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ashely
How popular is the name Ashely?
Ashely was the 8422nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 444th with 499 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,563 places. More babies were named Ashely in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Ashely a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ashely in the US.