Ashlan
The Story of Ashlan
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ashlan as a girl name dates back to 1983, when 5 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 64 newborns named Ashlan — #2,779 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Ashlan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ashlan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Ashlan as a boy name dates back to 1992, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Ashlan — #6,443 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Ashlan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ashlan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ashlan
Ashlan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ashlan's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,779. Use the chart and map above to compare Ashlan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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