girls:
16 births since 1986
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
332 births since 1995
#4254 (7th percentile)
overall:
348 births since 1986
#7391 (4th percentile)
The name Ashden is the #7,391 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 348 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,254 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 332 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1986.
Ashden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Ashden is available in 28 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (25 years for boys and 3 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 Ashden has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1986 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1995 to 2023).
For boys, Ashden reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #867) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ashden ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 36.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ashden reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #821) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashden".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ashden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.9% confident that Ashden is pronounced as ASH-dehn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ASH-duhn, at 40.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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