Name Legacy

Ashby

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Ashby was most popular in 2011, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,192 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,398 people named Ashby.

Most popular in2011
Rank that year#5,192
Births that year56
Total since 18802,398
Given to69% boys

Ashby over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Ashby’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ashby a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ashby is a unisex name — 31.0% of the 2,398 Americans given it were girls and 69.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% 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.

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Where Ashby 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