# Ash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,680 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,535 / 145 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 444, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 13,154 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,735 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,364 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,523 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,859 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10,979 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,874 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,191 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,308 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,083 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,261 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,300 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,815 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,572 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 2,320 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2,091 |
| 2013 | 59 | 2,208 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,064 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1,613 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,295 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,335 |
| 2018 | 128 | 1,375 |
| 2019 | 145 | 1,284 |
| 2020 | 183 | 1,084 |
| 2021 | 197 | 1,076 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,078 |
| 2023 | 204 | 1,064 |
| 2024 | 182 | 1,151 |
| 2025 | 175 | 1,177 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Ash

- Ash Hollywood, American pornographic actress
- Ash Brannon, American film director and animator
- Ash Taylor, Footballer (born 1990)
- Ash Sarkar, British journalist and writer
- Glaive, American musician (born 2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.