Girls' name · peaked in 1991
Ashleigh name popularity since 1925
31,944 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ashleigh. Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Ashleigh is about 33 years old in 2026. Ashleigh peaked in 1991 as the #176 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,944
- Named Ashleigh, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,876 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 31,861 girls · 83 boys
- Most popular in
- Virginia
- 2.40× its national share
Peak year is the year Ashleigh 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.
Ashleigh births per year, 1925–2025
1991 was the biggest year for Ashleigh both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1978 and 1983, Ashleigh became 5.8× more common, from 1 in 10,200 baby girls to 1 in 1,760.
- Steepest fall: Between 2002 and 2007, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 1,580 to 1 in 4,940.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ashleigh's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ashleigh.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ashleigh 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 | 53 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 846 | 0 | #1,406 |
| 1980s | 9,884 | 61 | #203 |
| 1990s | 13,195 | 6 | #240 |
| 2000s | 6,487 | 16 | #519 |
| 2010s | 1,235 | 0 | #1,823 |
| 2020–25 | 161 | 0 | #6,876 |
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
62.1% of babies named Ashleigh from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Ashleigh is most popular
The index compares Ashleigh'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 Ashleigh.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 2.40× | 1,633 |
| Colorado | 1.89× | 705 |
| South Carolina | 1.82× | 770 |
| Georgia | 1.64× | 1,370 |
| North Carolina | 1.54× | 1,317 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ashleigh's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ashleigh.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ashleigh (1991).
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