Ashleigh Girl

How popular is Ashleigh?

#6,837 girl name in 2025

16 baby girls were named Ashleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.

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31,337living people named Ashleigh (est.)
33median age of people named Ashleigh
31,944babies named Ashleigh since 1880
1 in 207,209US babies born in 2025

Ashleigh popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#6,837 for girls (▼ 2067 from 2024)
Babies in 202516 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-86% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,823 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020
Peak year1991 (1,717 girls)
Highest rank#176 in 1991
First recorded1966
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Ashleigh counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ashley family of names ranked #162 for girls in 2025 (#132 the year before), with 2,068 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Ashley 1,829 88%
Ashly 176 9%
Ashlee 38 2%
Ashleigh 16 1%
Ashlie 9 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Ashleigh is most popular

Babies named Ashleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)

Ashleigh by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1960s53#3,101
1970s846#794
1980s9,884#198
1990s13,195#176
2000s6,487#275
2010s1,235#1,070
2020s161#4,004

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Questions

Is Ashleigh a boy or girl name?
Ashleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ashleigh were girls.
How popular is the name Ashleigh?
16 baby girls were named Ashleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
When was Ashleigh most popular?
Ashleigh peaked in 1991, when 1,717 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #176 in 1991.
How many people are named Ashleigh?
31,944 babies have been named Ashleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,337 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
Where is Ashleigh most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Ashleigh was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.