Ashten
Ashten was the 3665th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 1606th; the most babies were born in 2009 (83). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,472 places. More babies were named Ashten in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Ashton) ash-tree farmstead (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,665 boys, down 524 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30boys
- Girls and boys
- 8% girls, 92% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200983 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,541babies recorded
What does the name Ashten mean?
Ashten is a spelling of Ashton, pronounced the same way, so it shares Ashton's meaning and origin.
Ashton is a common English place name joining Old English aesc, 'ash tree', and tun, 'farmstead, settlement', so 'farm by the ash trees'. It became a surname and then a first name. Wikipedia notes that Ashton was used more for American girls in the late 1980s and 1990s, after a character in the 1985 miniseries North and South, and that the actor Ashton Kutcher later boosted it for boys.
æsc (Old English, “ash tree”)tūn (Old English, “farmstead, settlement”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Ashten, Ashtyn, Ash.
See also: English names, names that mean tree, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Ashton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Ashton (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Ashten popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #3,665 | — | 30 |
| 2020 | #15,384 | #3,141 | 5 | 36 |
| 2010 | #10,536 | #2,189 | 10 | 60 |
| 2000 | #3,028 | #3,305 | 46 | 25 |
| 1990 | #2,176 | #3,988 | 59 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Ashten, counting every spelling?
Ashten is a spelling of Ashton, a name family that ranked #212 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,665 for Ashten on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,853 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 1,801 | #197 | 11,281 |
| Ashten | 30 | #3,665 | 153 |
| Ashtin | 22 | #4,555 | 128 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ashten?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ashten (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ashten 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 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ashten.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ashten?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Ashten are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 10 and 22. That makes Ashten mostly worn by children and young adults.
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 Ashten: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ashten, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ashten
What does Ashten mean?
Ashten is a spelling of Ashton, which means “ash-tree farmstead (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Ashten?
Ashten was the 3665th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 1606th; the most babies were born in 2009 (83). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,472 places. More babies were named Ashten in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Ashten a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 8% girls, 92% boys given the name Ashten in the US.