Ashlyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ashlyn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #384 in 2006, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#384highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1060
2000	#969
2001	#1728
2002	#1151
2003	#933
2004	#1106
2005	#890
2006	#1031
2007	#1234
2008	#1516
2009	#1209
2010	#1125
2011	#1545
2012	#2521
2013	#2313
2014	#1966
2015	#2328
2016	#1920
2017	#2090
2018	#2090
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#3961
2022	#3148
2023	#4056
2024	#3015

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1920 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ashlyn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 439 births with the name.

Ashlyn across 2 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.

Ashlyn'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#890 (2005)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	439 (1996–2024)	31 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#705 (2007)	#641 (2009)	#868 (2016)	5 of 10	18 (2007–2016)	5 (2009)

Ashlyn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Ashlyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	220	10 of 10	22
2010s	142	10 of 10	14
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ashlyn 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Ashlyn'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1125	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #384, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 11 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.

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Ashmeet · #2460, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Rea · #384, 28y
Taha · #384, 30y
Kaiya · #383, 28y
Mahnoor · #383, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ceili · #384, 13y
Morven · #384, 19y
Rea · #384, 28y
Subhan · #384, 29y

Ashlyn was ranked #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Ashlyn 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 Ashlyn without appearing here.

Ashlyn moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2521 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2313 and #4739.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Ashlyn

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #2040.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Ashlyn

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ashlyn

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ashlyn went from #2096 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ashlyn

Ashlyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ashlyn across 2 official records

Ashlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ashlyn across 2 official records

Ashlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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