Ashton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ashton: Recorded since 1987, it reached #41 in 2004, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
132times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#41highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ashton's record

England and Wales registered 1,005 births with the name in 2009, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#645
1998	#607
1999	#816
2000	#1313
2001	#1063
2002	#1442
2003	#1056
2004	#1158
2005	#1165
2006	#1502
2007	#1196
2008	#1718
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2015	#4736

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #246 among boys in Scotland, #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #398 among boys in England and Wales, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #488 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2020
Highest recorded position: #41 among boys in New Zealand, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2020).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ashton appears in 8 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 9,932 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1987.

Ashton across 8 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.

Ashton'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 · Boys	#327 (1996)	#69 (2009)	#398 (2024)	29 of 29	9,932 (1996–2024)	1,005 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#292 (2003)	#221 (2012)	#509 (2025)	23 of 23	262 (2003–2025)	26 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#89 (2007)	#305 (2024)	19 of 21	249 (2004–2024)	36 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#643 (1996)	#607 (1998)	#4736 (2015)	18 of 20	339 (1996–2015)	42 (1998)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#59 (2004)	#46 (2015)	#93 (2022)	19 of 19	2,961 (2004–2022)	190 (2009)
New Zealand · Boys	#41 (2004)	#41 (2004)	#98 (2020)	17 of 17	1,403 (2004–2020)	128 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#488 (1987)	#488 (1987)	#515 (1991)	3 of 5	9 (1987–1991)	3 (1987)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#348 (2000)	3 of 4	12 (1997–2000)	5 (1997)

Ashton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Ashton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	259	4 of 10	65
2000sbusiest	4,733	10 of 10	473
2010s	4,322	10 of 10	432
2020s	618	5 of 10	124

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 473 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 368, from 449 to 817.

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

Ashton 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 6 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in New Zealand in 2007.

Ashton'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	male	#398	102	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#361	116	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#308	146	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#370	122	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#340	132	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#257	192	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#232	221	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#198	271	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#174	327	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#171	343	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#144	392	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#149	397	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#111	566	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#87	727	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#77	886	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#69	1,005	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#75	955	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#79	862	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#84	817	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#121	449	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#138	342	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#224	145	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#389	61	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#433	49	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#436	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#426	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#336	71	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#645	38	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#365	63	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	190	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New Zealand	male	#98	49	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#79	63	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#89	55	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#71	74	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#75	73	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#65	83	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#69	67	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#76	63	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#69	77	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#57	86	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#55	94	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#49	95	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#47	111	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#41	128	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#64	82	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#55	86	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#41	117	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#191	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#132	22	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#106	30	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#89	36	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#117	23	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	26	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	17	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #41, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,005 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

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 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Toby · #41, 32y
Mikayla · #42, 31y
Piper · #42, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Hollie · #41, 41y
Beth · #40, 34y
Mille · #40, 35y
Josh · #38, 36y

Ashton was ranked #41 in New Zealand · Boys in 2004. 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.

Ashton 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 Ashton without appearing here.

Ashton moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #4838.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3285 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #829.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2007 they stood at #390 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #244 and #444.

Moved ahead of Ashton

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #1489.
Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3285 and #4171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2496.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2326 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Karin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3285 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Ashton

Alfie Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 while Alfie went from #305 to #36.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 while Arthur went from #214 to #57.
Caleb Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 while Caleb went from #228 to #108.
Cillian Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 while Cillian went from #60 to #9.

Moved the same way as Ashton

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 and Aaron from #13 to #71.
Adrian Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 and Adrian from #177 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 and Alan from #71 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ashton went from #292 to #509 and Andrew from #36 to #106.

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 6 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in New Zealand in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ashton

Ashton at a glance

What stands out in Ashton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ashton across 8 official records

Ashton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ashton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Ashton

Ashton and the names beside it

Ashton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ashton

Moved the opposite way to Ashton

Moved the same way as Ashton

Ashton at a glance

What stands out in Ashton's record

Ashton across 8 official records

Ashton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ashton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Ashton

Ashton and the names beside it

Ashton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ashton

Moved the opposite way to Ashton

Moved the same way as Ashton