How Many People Are Named Ash?
people named Ash are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 128,635 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,680 babies named Ash in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
221 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ASHLEY. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ash, 5.4% were girls and 94.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 1.6% of the babies were girls then and 6.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ash alive today is about 9 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ash first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2022, to 221 babies. In 2025, 192 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ash has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,064, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,177.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,177 |
| Best rank | #1,064 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,108 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ash alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ash were born in California than in any other state: about 304 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ash was given 5 times as often in Oregon, 2.6 times in Colorado and 2.5 times in Washington.
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