Fun Facts About the Name Ashlynn
- More than 25 thousand babies named Ashlynn: U.S. records list 25,837 babies given the name Ashlynn from 1880 through 2025. Even 12 boys received the name Ashlynn - about 1 boy for every 2,152 girls.
What Does the Name Ashlynn Mean?
Ashlynn is a modern English feminine name built by joining the short form Ash-, from Ashley, to the ending -lynn. Ashley goes back to an Old English place name formed from æsc, "ash tree," and lēah, "woodland clearing" or "meadow," so its literal sense is "ash-tree clearing." Lynn derives from Welsh llyn, "lake," a word that also underlies English place names and surnames. Read literally as a compound, Ashlynn can be glossed "ash-tree lake" or "ash-tree meadow," but that is a blend of two separate names rather than a phrase inherited whole from one older source.
Ashlynn Name History & Origins
Ashley began in England as a surname tied to several villages of that name, including places in Hampshire and Wiltshire, whose names were formed from the Old English elements æsc and lēah. From the surname came a given name, used mainly for boys in the English-speaking world during the 18th and 19th centuries before it shifted overwhelmingly to girls in the 20th. Lynn has a different line of descent: from Welsh llyn, it appears in place names and surnames, and by the 20th century it was very common as a girl's middle name in the United States, which is where its pairing with a first name became familiar.
Ashlynn belongs to a group of modern feminine names that pair a familiar first element with -lynn, among them Ashlyn, Kaylynn, and Raelynn. The sound and spelling of Ashlynn combine the Ashley root with the popular ending, and the name circulates with several spellings, including Ashlyn and Ashlynne. Its history is therefore the history of its two parts rather than of a single long-established name.
How Popular is the Name Ashlynn?
Ashlynn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2010. Its best rank was #237 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #980 | 258 | 0.0161% |
| 2024 | #1,024 | 245 | 0.0152% |
| 2023 | #927 | 286 | 0.0178% |
| 2022 | #786 | 360 | 0.0220% |
| 2021 | #775 | 366 | 0.0223% |
| 2020 | #666 | 431 | 0.0267% |
| 2019 | #621 | 483 | 0.0288% |
| 2018 | #565 | 549 | 0.0323% |
| 2017 | #503 | 623 | 0.0361% |
| 2016 | #426 | 765 | 0.0432% |
| 2015 | #375 | 871 | 0.0488% |
| 2014 | #326 | 1,020 | 0.0571% |
| 2013 | #315 | 1,028 | 0.0586% |
| 2012 | #277 | 1,177 | 0.0668% |
| 2011 | #245 | 1,290 | 0.0733% |
| 2010 | #237 | 1,328 | 0.0747% |
| 2009 | #268 | 1,215 | 0.0661% |
| 2008 | #282 | 1,207 | 0.0638% |
| 2007 | #274 | 1,247 | 0.0649% |
| 2006 | #292 | 1,128 | 0.0593% |
| 2005 | #295 | 1,107 | 0.0599% |
| 2004 | #287 | 1,155 | 0.0629% |
| 2003 | #314 | 979 | 0.0536% |
| 2002 | #349 | 851 | 0.0474% |
| 2001 | #360 | 824 | 0.0458% |
| 2000 | #387 | 749 | 0.0412% |
| 1999 | #425 | 649 | 0.0366% |
| 1998 | #450 | 572 | 0.0324% |
| 1997 | #512 | 472 | 0.0271% |
| 1996 | #514 | 460 | 0.0262% |
| 1995 | #570 | 403 | 0.0229% |
| 1994 | #590 | 382 | 0.0214% |
| 1993 | #750 | 277 | 0.0153% |
| 1992 | #818 | 244 | 0.0132% |
| 1991 | #1,060 | 171 | 0.0091% |
| 1990 | #1,204 | 141 | 0.0074% |
| 1989 | #1,177 | 139 | 0.0075% |
| 1988 | #1,400 | 100 | 0.0056% |
| 1987 | #1,733 | 69 | 0.0040% |
| 1986 | #1,954 | 56 | 0.0033% |
| 1985 | #2,256 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1984 | #2,920 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1983 | #4,125 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #4,035 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #5,909 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #7,468 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #6,425 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #5,026 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #12,201 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2004 | #9,011 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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