Ashby

Popularity Trends

The name Ashby is the #5,458 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,358 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 29.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,056 (33.3% percentile) for all time with 1,626 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #4,984 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 732 births since 1969.

Ashby has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1969 for girls). Birth data for Ashby is available in 122 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (122 years for boys and 48 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 Ashby has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 60.0% of babies named Ashby were boys.

For boys, Ashby reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #505) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1885, with 86 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ashby ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 7.6% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Ashby reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #911) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ashby ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 26.1% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashby".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

732

Peak Births

Peak Year

2011

First Recorded

1969

Peak Percentile

3.1%

Current Percentile

0.3%

Peak Rank

#911

Current Rank

#944

Female statistics

Total Births

1,626

Peak Births

Peak Year

1918

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

4.9%

Current Percentile

0.8%

Peak Rank

#505

Current Rank

#904

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ashby", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Ashby.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ashby's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Ashby at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Ashby range from Luvena at 54.2% correlation to Iza at 42.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 46.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Bishop with 6.7K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Rittie with 25 births (100% girls).

Ashby's share of births peaked at 86.2 births per million in 1885 (17.5 for girls in 2011 and 86.2 for boys in 1918). It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (3% of peak) in 1958. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Ashby had 11.1 births per million, 13% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Luvena

119

54.18% (moderate)

Fleet

166

52.00% (moderate)

Thursa

150

51.13% (moderate)

Rittie

50.71% (moderate)

Worley

730

46.88% (moderate)

Bishop

6,724

44.42% (moderate)

North

376

43.56% (moderate)

Saphronia

43.25% (moderate)

Johannah

3,069

42.58% (moderate)

Eulala

403

42.53% (moderate)

Offie

223

42.44% (moderate)

Iza

448

42.42% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Ashby

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ashby. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.8% confident that Ashby is pronounced as ASH-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhsh-BEE, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

ASH-bee

87.8%

uhsh-BEE

12.2%

ASH-bee (2 syllables)

Verified

87.8% confidence

AE1 SH B IY0

uhsh-BEE (2 syllables)

12.2% confidence

AH0 SH B IY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Ashby? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ashby. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ashby, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 SH B IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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