Ashleigh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ashleigh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ashleigh: Recorded since 1971, it reached #8 in 1992, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
135times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#8highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for
45names it appears alongside

What stands out in Ashleigh's record

England and Wales registered 1,081 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 45 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#58
1997	#68
1998	#84
1999	#95
2000	#112
2001	#121
2002	#132
2003	#129
2004	#126
2005	#146
2006	#150
2007	#174
2008	#223
2009	#231
2010	#261
2011	#342
2012	#407
2013	#363
2014	#448
2015	#478
2016	#655
2017	#771
2018	#843
2019	#796
2020	#1100
2021	#1195
2022	#1142
2023	#1469
2024	#1819

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 51 years from 1971 to 2021.

In 2021: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1195 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1986–2005
Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in New Zealand, in 1992 (recorded 1986–2005).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ashleigh appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 357 births with the name.

Ashleigh across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ashleigh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#417 (1971)	#162 (1995)	#764 (2021)	37 of 51	357 (1971–2021)	28 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#58 (1996)	#58 (1996)	#1819 (2024)	29 of 29	7,666 (1996–2024)	1,081 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#58 (1985)	#13 (1993)	#87 (2005)	21 of 21	5,095 (1985–2005)	427 (1989)
New Zealand · Girls	#62 (1986)	#8 (1992)	#72 (2005)	20 of 20	3,158 (1986–2005)	279 (1991)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#87 (1997)	#87 (1997)	#440 (2016)	16 of 20	152 (1997–2016)	27 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#402 (1996)	#402 (1996)	#3227 (2009)	12 of 14	205 (1996–2009)	52 (1996)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In New South Wales, Australia · Girls the name reached its highest position, #13, in 1993, when 335 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1989 — 427 — in a year it ranked #14.

Ashleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ashleigh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	10	3 of 10	3
1980s	46	6 of 10	8
1990sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2000s	85	9 of 10	9
2010s	36	8 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ashleigh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #8 in New Zealand in 1992.

Ashleigh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#796	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#843	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#771	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#655	64	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#478	90	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#448	97	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#363	126	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#407	114	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#342	140	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#261	192	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#231	210	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#223	228	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#174	306	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#150	349	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#146	349	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#126	397	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#129	382	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#132	363	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#121	392	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#112	437	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#95	573	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#621	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#84	653	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#669	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#68	857	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#471	41	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#58	1,081	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#402	52	High	Verified
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	244	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	240	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#21	280	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#18	287	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#13	335	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	349	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	362	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	396	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#14	427	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#15	388	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	278	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	211	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New Zealand	female	#72	48	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#89	48	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#51	74	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#39	83	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#40	88	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#33	108	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#35	113	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#17	166	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#24	153	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#14	194	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#13	217	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#9	248	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#9	258	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#8	253	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#9	279	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#15	220	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#18	209	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#20	184	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#31	136	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#62	79	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#184	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#138	14	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#162	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#141	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#105	21	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#87	27	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	23	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	28	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	27	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	21	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	23	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #8, first reached in 1992.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,081 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1985, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ashlee · #53, 36y
Ashleen · #488, 24y
Ashley · #17, 62y
Ashlin · #502, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Courtney · #8, 41y
Theodor · #8, 44y
Lewis · #10, 42y
Emilie · #1, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kristy · #8, 38y
Aimee · #9, 49y
Mitchell · #9, 46y
Amalie · #6, 45y

Comparisons involving Ashleigh

Existing comparison pages where Ashleigh and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Ashleigh in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Amelia vs Ashleigh
In 1996 they stood at #63 and #58 in England and Wales · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2024 they were #2 and #1819.
Amelia · Ashleigh · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Ashleigh vs Phoebe
In 1996 they stood at #58 and #65 in England and Wales · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2024 they were #1819 and #17.
Ashleigh · Phoebe · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Ella vs Ashleigh
In 1996 they stood at #56 and #58 in England and Wales · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #39 and #1819.
Ella · Ashleigh · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Ashleigh within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Rachel vs Ashleigh
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Rachel and Ashleigh averaged 7.0 places apart, ending at #88 and #87.
Rachel · Ashleigh · 21 shared years, 1985–2005 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2005 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Ashleigh vs Alexandra
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Ashleigh and Alexandra averaged 7.5 places apart, ending at #87 and #38.
Ashleigh · Alexandra · 21 shared years, 1985–2005 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2005 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Danielle vs Ashleigh
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Danielle and Ashleigh averaged 9.7 places apart, ending at #40 and #72.
Danielle · Ashleigh · 20 shared years, 1986–2005 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2005 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Ashleigh and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Georgia vs Ashleigh
In 1994, Georgia moved ahead of Ashleigh in New Zealand · Girls — #11 and #9 the year before became #6 and #9.
Georgia · Ashleigh · 16 shared years, 1990–2005 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1994 New Zealand ranking
Ashleigh vs Christina
In New Zealand · Girls, Ashleigh moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1987 as Christina fell out of it to #60, having been #50 the year before.
Ashleigh · Christina · 13 shared years, 1986–2002 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking
Ashleigh vs Katherine
In New Zealand · Girls, Ashleigh moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1987 as Katherine fell out of it to #57, having been #42 the year before.
Ashleigh · Katherine · 14 shared years, 1986–2001 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Ashleigh measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Ashleigh at its highest position.

Jessica vs Ashleigh
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Jessica #1 in 1990, Ashleigh #8 in 1992.
Jessica · Ashleigh · 20 shared years, 1986–2005 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1992 New Zealand ranking
Laura vs Ashleigh
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Laura and Ashleigh averaged 10.1 places apart, ending at #69 and #72.
Laura · Ashleigh · 20 shared years, 1986–2005 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2005 New Zealand ranking
Nicole vs Ashleigh
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Nicole and Ashleigh averaged 10.5 places apart, ending at #63 and #72.
Nicole · Ashleigh · 20 shared years, 1986–2005 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2005 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Ashleigh was ranked #8 in New Zealand · Girls in 1992. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ashleigh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ashleigh without appearing here.

Ashleigh moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #768 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.
Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.
Judith Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.

Moved ahead of Ashleigh

Anders Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2282.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1135.
Rodney Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1534.
Kasper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1617.

Moved the opposite way to Ashleigh

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 while Alexandra went from #257 to #106.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 while Alice went from #124 to #40.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 while Amy went from #277 to #84.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 while Caoimhe went from #289 to #25.

Moved the same way as Ashleigh

Audrey Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 and Audrey from #48 to #661.
Camilla Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 and Camilla from #417 to #883.
Eileen Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 and Eileen from #31 to #322.
Maria Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ashleigh went from #417 to #764 and Maria from #25 to #75.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #8 in New Zealand in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ashleigh

Ashleigh at a glance

What stands out in Ashleigh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ashleigh across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Ashleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ashleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Ashleigh

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Ashleigh

Ashleigh and the names beside it

Ashleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ashleigh

Moved the opposite way to Ashleigh

Moved the same way as Ashleigh

Ashleigh at a glance

What stands out in Ashleigh's record

Ashleigh across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Ashleigh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ashleigh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Ashleigh

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Ashleigh

Ashleigh and the names beside it

Ashleigh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ashleigh

Moved the opposite way to Ashleigh

Moved the same way as Ashleigh