Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Ashton

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

5,436

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1881Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

63.6%

2024

1,976

All-time

86,447

Ashton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2004, when 5,436 boys were named Ashton.

In 2024, only 1,976 boys were given the name.

Down 63.6% from its peak.

All told, about 86,447 Americans have been named Ashton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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