Ashtyn

#2,121 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Ashton

Ashtyn has been given to 8,527 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #2,121 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 272 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Ashtyn, 2025

1 in 37,700

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Ashtyn went to 51% girls and 49% boys.

19842025

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.

Ashtyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ashton

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ashtyn means

Ashtyn is a variant of Ashton.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ashtyn → Ashton. The family’s meaning is “ash (tree species) + enclosure, settlement”, recorded in English with the source elements æsc and tūn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ashton.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,447 girls were recorded with the name Ashtyn between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 272 in 2003; its best national rank was #886 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,616 in 2020 to #2,121 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,236 in 2015 to #2,121 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,080 boys were recorded with the name Ashtyn between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 106 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,574 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,731 in 2020 to #1,871 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,956 in 2015 to #1,871 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ashtyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 37,700
88 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 18,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,121
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,114 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ashtyn 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ashtyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ashtyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ashtyn was born before 2008 — so the typical Ashtyn is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,447
People you could plausibly meet
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2000s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (2,321).

Is Ashtyn 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
+164
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−505
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−885
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
32.4%
Peak was 2003 (272)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#886
2003

Spellings of Ashtyn

Ashtyn is not the most common spelling — Ashlyn is, with 37.1% against Ashtyn's 5.0%.

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 Ashtyn is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ashtyn was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 3,846 girls, against 1 in 15,901 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

126 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nebraska1 in 3,846
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 5,000
  3. 3Idaho1 in 5,882
  4. 4Missouri1 in 6,667
  5. 5Utah1 in 7,692
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 8,333
  7. 7Ohio1 in 9,091
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 10,000

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.

Where Ashtyn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ashtyn was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 28,283 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 11,111
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 14,286
  3. 3Ohio1 in 14,286
  4. 4Alabama1 in 20,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 20,000
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 20,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 20,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 20,000

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.

Ashtyn around the world

Where Ashtyn 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.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2006
    #5,061
    in 2006
  • Scotland
    2007–2007
    #633
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1992–2022
    #3,322
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1990–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ashtyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,121
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 505
Best rank ever
#886
2003
Peak year
2003
272 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,447
Count in 2025
88

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,871
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 140
Best rank ever
#1,574
2019
Peak year
2019
106 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,080
Count in 2025
84

Names similar to Ashtyn

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

Names with a curve like Ashtyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ashtyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Sibling names for Ashtyn

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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