Feminine dossier · first seen 1917

Ashley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ashley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.9% from peak

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

54,853

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1917Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

95.9%

2024

2,231

All-time

858,007

Ashley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1987, when 54,853 girls were named Ashley.

In 2024, only 2,231 girls were given the name.

Down 95.9% from its peak.

All told, about 858,007 Americans have been named Ashley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.9% from peak

198754,853 girls named Ashley

20242,231 girls named Ashley

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