# Ashely (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ashely/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,597 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 70 / 6,527 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,787 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,416 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,770 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,180 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,859 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,208 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,076 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,209 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,611 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,310 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,671 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,386 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,480 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,290 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,422 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 6 | 4,543 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,905 |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,858 |
| 1979 | 9 | 4,092 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,323 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,537 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,631 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,157 |
| 1985 | 6 | 5,831 |
| 1986 | 6 | 5,986 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,038 |

## 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.