Ashton
Ashton is ranked 188th among boys in 2024 (1,976 births). Its best rank was 76th, in 2004.
- Rank in 2024
- #188down 32 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,9760.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20045,436 births
- Best rank
- #76in 2004
- Since 1881
- 106,021people given the name
The story in the numbers
86,447 boys have been named Ashton in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 5,436 births — 0.27% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 143 → 188).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 38%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Ashton is used for both sexes: 18% of its bearers are girls (19,574), most of them born around 1989.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ashton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 25 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 193 | |
| 1920s | 248 | |
| 1930s | 190 | |
| 1940s | 164 | |
| 1950s | 158 | |
| 1960s | 145 | |
| 1970s | 323 | |
| 1980s | 2,160 | |
| 1990s | 7,950 | |
| 2000s | 32,447 | |
| 2010s | 30,214 | |
| 2020s | 12,182 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Ashton was the 76th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Ashton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ishanpeak 2009
- Carsonpeak 2018
- Jafetpeak 2015
- Amadoupeak 2008
- Ashtenpeak 2009
- Rohanpeak 2004
- Hagenpeak 2006
- Shaanpeak 2009
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.