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Ashland

#12,065 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Ash tree, through æsċ

Ashland has been given to 853 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #12,065 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% girls, 19% boys all-time.

Babies named Ashland, 2025

1 in 474,000

Ashland over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Ashland over time

In 2025, Ashland went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19832025

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.

Ashland: meaning, origin, and history

Ash tree, through æsċ

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ashland means

Ashland belongs to the name family reached through Ashland → æsċ. Its meaning is “ash tree”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land, equivalent to ash + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ashland (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Ashland is used in English.

Ashland comes through Old English æsċ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include æsċ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 687 girls were recorded with the name Ashland between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 1996; its best national rank was #3,725 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,642 in 2020 to #12,065 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,674 in 2015 to #12,065 in 2025.

In the United States, 166 boys were recorded with the name Ashland between 1985 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2015; its best national rank was #6,413 in 1994.

How common is Ashland?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,065
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ashland sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ashland. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ashlands were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ashland was born before 2003 — so the typical Ashland is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
687
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.8% of all recorded uses (225).

Is Ashland 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
+242
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,577
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,391
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
24.1%
Peak was 1996 (29)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,725
1996

Spellings of Ashland

Ashland is not the most common spelling — Ashlyn is, with 59.3% against Ashland's 0.85%.

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 Ashland is used

Across 1910–2025, Ashland was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,586,539 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Tennessee1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Ashland has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ashland by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,065
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,577
Best rank ever
#3,725
1996
Peak year
1996
29 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
687
Count in 2025
7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,413
1994
Peak year
2015
11 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
166
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ashland

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ashland

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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