Ashleigh

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A few things about Ashleigh you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Ashleigh

Ashleigh Barty

Australian tennis player

Choose Ashleigh and your child shares a first name with Ashleigh Barty, an Australian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Ashleigh, like who?” Ashleigh Barty's Wikipedia article is available in 54 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Rob Keating from Canberra, Australia, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 100,000 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Ashleigh, 16 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Ashleigh would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAshleigh first shows up in US birth records in 1966, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 59 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1991, when it ranked #176. Today it's #6,838, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAshleigh was 50× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 1,983 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 100,000.
• 🍂TrendAshleigh has slipped 2,833 places over the last five years and now sits at #6,838. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Ashleigh means “ash tree meadow”.

About the name Ashleigh

Ashleigh is a girl name of Old English origin meaning “ash tree meadow”. It has 8 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-igh”. US birth records list Ashleigh for girls from 1966 to 2025, in 60 of those 60 years. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked #176 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #6,838, with 16 babies.

Origin:Old English names