Ashlan
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ashlan has been given to 1,098 babies in the U.S. since 1983. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2009, with 64 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.
Babies named Ashlan, 2020
1 in 418,000
Ashlan over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ashlan over time
In 2025, Ashlan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ashlan?
Ashlan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2020
- 1 in 418,000
- 8 of 3,342,313 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 202,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2020
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 289,591 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ashlan sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 289,591 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ashlan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ashlans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ashlan was born before 2000 — so the typical Ashlan is around 25 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 37.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 71.2%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,018
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (379).
Is Ashlan rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 2009 (64)
- Years since peak
- 16
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 31.7% average annual change
Spellings of Ashlan
Ashlan is not the most common spelling — Ashley is, with 80.7% against Ashlan's 0.10%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ashlan is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ashlan was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 325,532 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 100,000
- 2California1 in —
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Indiana1 in —
- 5North Carolina1 in —
- 6Oklahoma1 in —
- 7Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ashlan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ashlan is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ashlan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,348,952 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ashlan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ashlan around the world
Where Ashlan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1994–2010#801in 2010
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Ashlan by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Ashlan
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ashlan
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.