Ash
Recorded 1975–2025 · United States
Ash was most popular in 2022, when 221 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,105 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,276, with 192 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,680 people named Ash.
Ash over time
How old is the name Ash?
Ash first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 35 of the 51 years since.
How many people are named Ash?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,680 American births named Ash between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,655 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Ash in 2025?
192 American babies were named Ash in 2025, ranking #2,276 that year.
Is Ash getting more or less popular?
Ash is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 208 births a year, against 72 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +190% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Ash a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Ash is mostly a boy’s name — 5.4% of the 2,680 Americans given it were girls and 94.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Ash?
Roughly 2,655 Americans named Ash are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 4 and 13. That is a narrow band because Ash is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Ash is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org