# Ashby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ashby/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “ashtree”, “farm”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ashbee, Ashbey |
| US babies named this | 2,398 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,655 / 743 (31% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | 5,120 |
| 2011 | 34 | 4,258 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,575 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,513 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,179 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,675 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,290 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,794 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,805 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,781 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,463 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,002 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,018 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,302 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,637 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,374 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,549 |
| 2013 | 25 | 3,976 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,080 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,309 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,531 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,444 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,755 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,234 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,660 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,055 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,381 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,924 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,683 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,481 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |

## People named Ashby

- Chalmers Johnson, American political scientist (1931–2010)
- Maxwell Armfield, English artist (1881-1972)

## 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.