Ashley is a girl's name of English origin meaning “ash tree and wood, clearing.” In 2024 it was given to 2,231 girls in the United States.
Ashley belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “ash tree and wood, clearing” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ashley first appears in Social Security records in 1917. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1 in 1991, and in 2024 2,231 babies received the name — 858,007 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ashley means “ash tree and wood, clearing” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ashley is a girl name. In 2024, 2,231 babies received the name in the US.
Ashley comes from the English & American tradition.
Ashley first appears in US records in 1917. Its best-ever ranking was #1 in 1991, and 2,231 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ashley is pronounced /ˈæʃli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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