as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, a local name from any of the numerous places in England named with Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. This occurs occasionally as a boy's name in England from the 1600s; it is now used also for girls, partly, perhaps, due to the vogue for Ashley.
| 2,007th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,863
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 61,328
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Ashton per capita
- 2004
- marked the height of its popularity
26%
74%
0.15%
55+
55+
0.26%
30-54
30-54
19%
13-29
13-29
81%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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