Fun Facts About the Name Ashten
- More than 2 thousand babies named Ashten: U.S. records list 2,541 babies given the name Ashten from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 1,151 girls received the name Ashten.
What Does the Name Ashten Mean?
Ashten is a variant spelling of the English name Ashton, and it carries the same meaning. Ashton comes from an Old English place name made of two elements: æsc, "ash tree," and tūn, "enclosure, farmstead, or settlement." Read literally, the place name means "settlement at the ash trees" or "ash-tree farm." The second element, tūn, is one of the most common endings in English place names, and the usual understanding of æsc-tūn is a settlement named for nearby ash trees. Because Old English place names sometimes take a personal name as their first element, the personal name Æsc has occasionally been suggested instead of the tree, though the tree remains the standard explanation. The spelling Ashten preserves the meaning of Ashton and alters only how the name is written.
Ashten Name History & Origins
Ashton is an English place name. Villages of that name include Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, Ashton in Devon, and others, mostly in southern and central England. Because English surnames were frequently taken from the place where a family lived, Ashton became a hereditary surname.
As with many English surnames, Ashton later came into use as a first name. Giving a child a family surname as a given name was an established English practice by the 18th and 19th centuries, and surnames of this type have remained a common source of first names in the English-speaking world.
Ashten belongs to a group of respellings of Ashton that keep the same pronunciation and origin but substitute a simpler -en ending. It does not come from a separate Old English source, and its history is the history of Ashton itself; the difference between the two is one of spelling rather than of derivation.
How Popular is the Name Ashten?
Ashten has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #1,606 in 2004.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #12,383 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #12,359 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #15,377 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #7,803 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #7,891 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #14,562 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,999 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #11,083 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,188 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #9,791 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #6,170 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #10,532 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,959 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #6,150 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #7,123 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #8,300 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #6,036 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,002 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #3,538 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2002 | #3,740 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #3,954 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #3,028 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #2,789 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1998 | #2,532 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1997 | #2,596 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1996 | #2,042 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 1995 | #2,128 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1994 | #2,000 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 1993 | #2,455 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 1992 | #2,737 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1991 | #2,661 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1990 | #2,176 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 1989 | #2,073 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1988 | #2,650 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1987 | #2,438 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1986 | #2,230 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 1985 | #7,002 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,665 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2024 | #4,069 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #3,628 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,779 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,181 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #3,139 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #2,659 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #3,055 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #3,131 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #2,788 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2015 | #2,193 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 2014 | #2,300 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 2013 | #2,808 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2012 | #2,678 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #2,106 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2010 | #2,189 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 2009 | #1,798 | 83 | 0.0042% |
| 2008 | #2,089 | 66 | 0.0032% |
| 2007 | #2,506 | 50 | 0.0024% |
| 2006 | #2,181 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,368 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2004 | #1,606 | 81 | 0.0041% |
| 2003 | #1,702 | 72 | 0.0036% |
| 2002 | #3,027 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #2,867 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2000 | #3,305 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #4,356 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #3,198 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #3,069 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #3,408 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #4,530 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #4,312 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #4,466 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #5,682 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #7,340 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #3,988 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #6,268 | 7 | 0.0003% |
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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