Is Ashten a boy or girl name?

Ashten is a unisex name. Of the 2,541 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 45.3% were girls and 54.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Ashten

Recorded 1985–2025 · United States

Ashten was most popular in 2004, when 116 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,919 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,541 people named Ashten.

Ashten over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ashten’s peak in 2004. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ashten a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ashten is a unisex name — 45.3% of the 2,541 Americans given it were girls and 54.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Ashten

Where Ashten is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 5.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org