girls:
105 births since 1990
#5611 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1975
#2703 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1975
#5525 (29th percentile)
The name Ash is the #5,525 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,277 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 28.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,703 (41.0% percentile) for all time with 2,172 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,611 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1990.
Ash first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Ash is available in 32 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (31 years for boys and 13 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ash has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ash reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 21.8% percentile (ranked #713) with 111 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 111 births per million (ranked 21.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ash is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #713 (21.8% percentile) with 111 births per million.
For girls, Ash reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #944) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ash ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ash".
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