# Ashton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ashton/  
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 | “ash (tree species)”, “enclosure”, “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæʃtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Asheton |
| US babies named this | 107,927 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 88,267 / 19,660 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,357, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

## 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 | 234 | 1,054 |
| 2012 | 173 | 1,352 |
| 2013 | 189 | 1,260 |
| 2014 | 167 | 1,382 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,266 |
| 2016 | 197 | 1,236 |
| 2017 | 194 | 1,233 |
| 2018 | 173 | 1,315 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,530 |
| 2020 | 152 | 1,433 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1,533 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,733 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,751 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,771 |
| 2025 | 85 | 2,173 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,548 | 109 |
| 2012 | 2,814 | 142 |
| 2013 | 2,620 | 152 |
| 2014 | 2,819 | 143 |
| 2015 | 3,024 | 141 |
| 2016 | 3,102 | 133 |
| 2017 | 2,955 | 138 |
| 2018 | 3,056 | 128 |
| 2019 | 3,048 | 125 |
| 2020 | 2,712 | 136 |
| 2021 | 2,545 | 148 |
| 2022 | 2,613 | 145 |
| 2023 | 2,344 | 156 |
| 2024 | 1,978 | 188 |
| 2025 | 1,801 | 197 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 27 | 816 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1,313 |
| 2001 | 19 | 1,063 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,442 |
| 2003 | 22 | 1,056 |
| 2004 | 20 | 1,158 |
| 2005 | 21 | 1,165 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,502 |
| 2007 | 23 | 1,196 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,718 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,326 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 727 | 87 |
| 2012 | 566 | 111 |
| 2013 | 397 | 149 |
| 2014 | 392 | 144 |
| 2015 | 343 | 171 |
| 2016 | 327 | 174 |
| 2017 | 271 | 198 |
| 2018 | 221 | 232 |
| 2019 | 192 | 257 |
| 2020 | 132 | 340 |
| 2021 | 122 | 370 |
| 2022 | 146 | 308 |
| 2023 | 116 | 361 |
| 2024 | 102 | 398 |
| 2025 | 86 | 448 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 阿什頓 /阿什顿

## People named Ashton

- Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
- Ashton Sanders, American actor
- Ashton Holmes, American actor
- Ashton Irwin, Australian drummer
- Ashton Dearholt, actor (1894-1942)
- Ashton Lambie, American cyclist
- Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
- Ashton Moore, American pornographic actress
- Ashton C. Shallenberger, American politician (1862-1938)
- Ashton Götz, German association football player
- Ashton Locklear, American artistic gymnast

## 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.