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Girl

Ashley

As a girl's name, Ashley traces back to English, where it is understood to mean "From the ash tree meadow". It has not kept pace since its 1980s peak. In the current registry, it is one of the most familiar names around. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EnglishFrom the ash tree meadow
Old EnglishDweller by the ash trees
Also spelled: Ashleigh
Births by decade
1900s
96
1910s
365
1920s
464
1930s
305
1940s
689
1950s
884
1960s
3,870
1970s
25,287
1980s
357,385
1990s
303,125
2000s
133,665
2010s
33,130
Peaked in the 1980s · 859,265 total U.S. births since 1900