girls:
27 births since 1991
#5689 (0th percentile)
boys:
29 births since 1994
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
56 births since 1991
#7683 (1st percentile)
The name Ashay is the #7,683 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 56 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 0.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1991.
Ashay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Ashay is available in 9 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023 (5 years for boys and 4 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 Ashay is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ashay were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1991 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.1% boys from 2001 to 2023).
For boys, Ashay reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #823) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ashay is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
For girls, Ashay reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #845) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashay".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ashay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Ashay is pronounced as uh-SHAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-shay, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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