Ash
Ash is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 182 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1820.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023204 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 2,487people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,360 boys have been named Ash in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 204 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 41%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 127 girls have also been given it, 5.1% of the total.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Ash was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Ash
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Knowledgepeak 2020
- Anakinpeak 2023
- Yunuspeak 2023
- Rowanpeak 2024
- Rangerpeak 2022
- Virajpeak 2024
- Luccapeak 2020
- Riverpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.