Girls' name · peaked in 1987
Ashlee name popularity since 1925
43,791 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ashlee (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Ashlee is about 34 years old in 2026. Ashlee peaked in 1987 as the #112 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 43,791
- Named Ashlee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,838 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 43,533 girls · 258 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.22× its national share
Peak year is the year Ashlee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ashlee births per year, 1925–2025
1987 was the biggest year for Ashlee both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1978 and 1983, Ashlee became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 7,740 baby girls to 1 in 1,120.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 75%, from 1 in 1,960 to 1 in 7,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ashlee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ashlee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ashlee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 52 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 1,262 | 10 | #1,007 |
| 1980s | 15,850 | 120 | #141 |
| 1990s | 15,978 | 69 | #198 |
| 2000s | 8,680 | 59 | #270 |
| 2010s | 1,474 | 0 | #1,896 |
| 2020–25 | 237 | 0 | #3,838 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
64.2% of babies named Ashlee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Ashlee is most popular
The index compares Ashlee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ashlee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.22× | 1,518 |
| Nevada | 2.90× | 438 |
| Idaho | 2.43× | 409 |
| Arizona | 1.66× | 908 |
| Oklahoma | 1.64× | 903 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ashlee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlee (this page) | 43,533 | 1987 |
| Ashley | 859,852 | 1987 |
| Ashly | 12,179 | 1987 |
| Ashlie | 10,073 | 1988 |
| Ashli | 5,718 | 1989 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ashlee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ashlee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ashlee (1987).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data