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Ashleigh

100% girls · 16 born in 2025

Ashleigh has been given to about 31,944 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1991, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 31,357
Median age today33 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ashleigh per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1991 · 1,717
  • Born in 202516
  • All time31,944
  • England & Wales, 20259

How popular is Ashleigh?

Its best year was 1991, when 1,717 babies were given the name, ranking 176th. The typical living American called Ashleigh is about 33 years old today.

Names that sound like Ashleigh

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ashley0.78
  2. Ashlee0.68
  3. Ashli0.68
  4. Kayleigh0.65
  5. Kaleigh0.65
  6. Haleigh0.65
  7. Raleigh0.65
  8. Carleigh0.65

Middle names for Ashleigh

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ashleigh Eve0.80
  2. Ashleigh Elizabeth0.78
  3. Ashleigh Catherine0.78
  4. Ashleigh Josephine0.78
  5. Ashleigh Rose0.77
  6. Ashleigh Marie0.77

Sibling names for Ashleigh

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dariusbrother · 0.92
  2. Laceysister · 0.92
  3. Mallorysister · 0.91
  4. Biancasister · 0.91
  5. Johnathanbrother · 0.90
  6. Zachariahbrother · 0.88

Where Ashleigh is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Ashleigh Reyes0.72
    2. Ashleigh Nguyen0.72
    3. Ashleigh Moore0.72
    4. Ashleigh Lee0.72
    5. Ashleigh Green0.72
    6. Ashleigh Brown0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Ashleigh

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.