Ashton

Boy name

Ashton has been given to 107,927 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 2004 and currently ranks #197 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈæʃtən/

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

107,927

Peak year

2004 (5,847 babies)

Rank in 2025

#197 for boys

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▼ -41%

Gender split

18% girls / 82% boys

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Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Ashton.

108,463 babies since 1917

106,894 babies since 1880

109,209 babies since 1880

110,690 babies since 1890

103,729 babies since 1880

101,764 babies since 1882

100,166 babies since 1913

98,908 babies since 1883

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