Ashford

Popularity Trends

The name Ashford is the #7,257 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 482 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,104 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 482 births since 1914.

Ashford first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Ashford is available in 56 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Ashford reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #713) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 10 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2011, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Ashford ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 90.6% of its peak share of births.

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

1914 2023 19142023

Key Statistics

Total Births

482

Peak Births

Peak Year

1988

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

1.3%

Peak Rank

#713

Current Rank

#899

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ashford", 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 Ashford.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ashford's popularity from 1911 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 Ashford 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 Ashford range from Everton at 65.6% correlation to Wesley at 58.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 60.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Wesley with 240.0K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Everton with 557 births (100% boys).

Ashford's share of births peaked at 10.2 births per million for boys in 1988. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (23% of peak) in 1962. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Ashford had 9.3 births per million, 91% of its peak popularity.

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

Everton

557

65.61% (strong)

Tovah

631

61.23% (strong)

Arash

939

61.14% (strong)

Anh

2,238

60.48% (strong)

Lyndi

1,879

60.16% (strong)

Jessia

637

60.11% (strong)

Brienne

1,490

59.94% (moderate)

2,089

58.77% (moderate)

Estee

835

58.76% (moderate)

Aarika

880

58.61% (moderate)

Blair

34.9k

58.56% (moderate)

Wesley

240k

58.38% (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 Ashford

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

Our model is 79.5% confident that Ashford is pronounced as ASH-ferd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ASH-ford, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

ASH-ferd

79.5%

ASH-ford

20.5%

ASH-ferd (2 syllables)

Verified

79.5% confidence

AE1 SH F ER0 D

ASH-ford (2 syllables)

20.5% confidence

AE1 SH F AO0 R D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 F ER0 D) 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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