Ashby is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Ashby is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,481 for boy births in the United States (and #13,625 across all names), given to 13 babies. Ashby was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (32 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,481 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | #9,637 | #5,683 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | #11,302 | #6,924 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | #7,018 | #8,381 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | #7,002 | #6,055 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | #8,463 | #6,660 |
| 2019 | 38 | 38 | #7,781 | #4,234 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | #7,805 | #4,755 |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | #10,794 | #3,444 |
| 2016 | 47 | 47 | #7,290 | #3,531 |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | #5,675 | #5,309 |
| 2014 | 44 | 44 | #5,179 | #5,080 |
| 2013 | 49 | 49 | #5,513 | #3,976 |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #5,575 | #4,549 |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | #4,258 | #4,374 |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #5,120 | #5,063 |
| 2009 | 45 | 45 | #5,110 | #5,348 |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #5,458 | #4,728 |
| 2007 | 45 | 45 | #5,730 | #4,509 |
| 2006 | 35 | 35 | #5,568 | #6,944 |
| 2005 | 44 | 44 | #5,455 | #4,203 |
| 2004 | 43 | 43 | #6,256 | #3,742 |
| 2003 | 43 | 43 | #4,433 | #5,291 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | #7,085 | #4,196 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | #6,356 | #4,494 |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | #6,238 | #4,214 |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | #7,771 | #4,355 |
| 1998 | 31 | 31 | #7,153 | #3,861 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | #5,909 | #5,309 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #6,432 | #7,197 |
| 1995 | 32 | — | #5,697 | #3,870 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | #6,715 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 23 | — | #7,542 | #4,716 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #6,338 | #4,125 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #7,011 | #5,984 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | #7,348 | #5,019 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #6,578 | #4,837 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #7,161 | #5,231 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | #6,373 | #3,542 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #6,646 | #4,881 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | #4,470 | #3,419 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #8,215 | #3,942 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #8,110 | #4,541 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #9,314 | #3,303 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #8,192 | #6,345 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | — | #3,857 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | #8,111 | #3,582 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #7,703 | #4,593 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | — | #3,627 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #9,384 | #4,463 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #4,837 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | — | #3,339 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | — | #3,643 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #3,992 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #8,069 | #4,262 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #7,553 | #3,973 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,172 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,252 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,261 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,794 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | — | #2,306 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | — | #2,375 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,673 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,100 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,641 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #3,982 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,372 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | — | #2,307 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | — | #2,601 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | — | #2,291 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #2,889 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | — | #1,979 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,046 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | — | #2,122 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | — | #1,917 |
| 1946 | 17 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,252 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | — | #1,740 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | — | #1,914 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | — | #2,272 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | — | #1,489 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | — | #2,086 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #1,964 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,089 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #2,926 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,575 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | — | #1,931 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | — | #2,128 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | — | #2,100 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | — | #2,106 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | — | #1,969 |
| 1929 | 18 | — | — | #1,794 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | — | #1,652 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | — | #1,567 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | — | #2,200 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | — | #2,239 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | — | #1,756 |
| 1922 | 20 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | — | #1,754 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | — | #1,813 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | — | #1,259 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1916 | 21 | — | — | #1,553 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | — | #1,605 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,443 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | — | #1,587 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | — | #873 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | — | #727 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #984 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #772 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #822 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #608 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #847 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #918 |