girls:
673 births since 1983
#5043 (12th percentile)
boys:
166 births since 1985
#4420 (4th percentile)
overall:
839 births since 1983
#6900 (11th percentile)
The name Ashland is the #6,900 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 839 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,043 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 673 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,420 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 166 births since 1985.
Ashland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Ashland is available in 39 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 24 years for boys). 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 Ashland has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 53.3% of babies named Ashland were girls.
For girls, Ashland reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #835) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ashland ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ashland reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #899) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ashland ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 71.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashland".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ashland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.6% confident that Ashland is pronounced as ASH-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ASH-land, at 39.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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