girls:
19.5k births since 1976
#1048 (82nd percentile)
boys:
84.4k births since 1881
#342 (93rd percentile)
overall:
103.9k births since 1881
#663 (91st percentile)
The name Ashton is the #663 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 103,901 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 91.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #342 (92.6% percentile) for all time with 84,443 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #1,048 (81.7% percentile) for all time with 19,458 births since 1976.
Ashton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Ashton is available in 124 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (124 years for boys and 46 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 Ashton has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 95.2% of babies named Ashton were boys.
For boys, Ashton reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 91.1% percentile (ranked #76) with 2,572 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 2,572 births per million (ranked 91.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ashton ranks #153 for boys (83.3% percentile) with 1,272 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ashton reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 70.1% percentile (ranked #247) with 516 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 517 births per million (ranked 68.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Ashton ranks #835 for girls (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 12.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ashton".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ashton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Ashton is pronounced as ASH-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-shtuhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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