Recorded 1963–2025 · United States
Ashlyn was most popular in 2005, when 2,544 American babies were given the name — ranking #290 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,857, with 262 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 48,093 people named Ashlyn.
Ashlyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1963, which makes it about 62 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 63 of the 63 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 48,093 American births named Ashlyn 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 47,568 are estimated to be alive today.
262 American babies were named Ashlyn in 2025, ranking #1,857 that year.
Ashlyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 331 births a year, against 1,329 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -75% 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.
Across the whole record Ashlyn is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 48,093 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
Roughly 47,568 Americans named Ashlyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 16 and 27. That is a narrow band: Ashlyn arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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