Ashley

English

"dweller near the ash tree meadow"

Ashley Origin and Meaning

The name Ashley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "dweller near the ash tree meadow".

Ashley was a sensation in the 1980s and 1990s; it hit Number 1 in 1991. Ashley is still pretty but more and more parents are turning to newer names like Ashlyn and Aubrey, and spellings such as Ashleigh and Ashlea. If you hear the name Ashley in a playground today, it's more likely to be the mom than the little girl.

Ashley Rank in US Top 1000

# 126 in the US

Ashley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 513 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ashley

• 126 US 2023
• 513 Nameberry 2025
• 945 England 2023
• 411 Germany 2016
• 157 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Ashley

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Famous People Named Ashley

• Ashley Fiolek American motocross racer
• Ashley Victoria Benson American actress
• Ashley Michele Greene American actress
• Ashley Spencer Argota American actress
• Ashley Monroe American country music singer
• Ashley Madekwe English actress
• Ashley Marie Massaro American professional wrestler
• Ashley Fuller Olsen American actress and fashion designer; twin sister Mary,Kate Olsen
• Ashley Michelle Tisdale American actress and singer
• Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella) American actress
• Ashley Hinshaw American actress and model
• Ashley Qualls American graphic designer and entrepreneur
• Ashley Peldon American actress
• Ashley Elisabeth Wagner American Olympic figure skater
• Ashley Elizabeth Lawrence Canadian soccer player
• Ashley Nichole Cabot aka Madison Rayne American professional wrestler
• Ashley McCall Scott American actress and model
• Ashley Margaret Anne Leggat Canadian actress
• Ashley Alexandra Dupre aka Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro American singer, call girl and columnist
• Ashley Ann Graham American model
• Ashley Suzanne Johnson American actress and singer
• Ashley Churchill Williams American actress
• Ashley Nicole Rickards American actress
• (Maria) Ashley Eckstein American actress
• Ashley Underwood American basketball player and Miss Maine 2009
• Ashley Langford competitor on reality TV's "Bridalplasty"
• Ashley Nicolette Frangipane aka Halsey American pop singer
• Ashley Blazer Biden (b. 1981) daughter of VP Joe Biden
• Ashley Jade Stern (b. 1993) daughter of radio/TV personality Howard Stern
• Ashley Nicole Lewis (b. 1993) daughter of singer Karyn White and producer Terry Lewis
• Laura Ashley fashion designer
• Ashley Nichols cleanup artist for the animated series, "Hazbin Hotel"

The name Ashley in Pop Culture

• Ashley Davies character on TV's "South Of Nowhere"
• Ashley Graham character in video game "Resident Evil 4"
• Ashley Rockwell character on French,Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
• Ashley Spinelli character in animated series "Recess"
• Ashley Banks character on TV's "Fresh Prince of Bel,Air"
• Ashley Williams character in the "Mass Effect" video games
• Ashley Seaver character on TV's "Criminal Minds"
• Ashley Abbott character on American soap "Young and the Restless"
• Ashley Cinderella's name in TV's "Once Upon a Time"
• Ashley "Ash" character in video game "Until Dawn"
• Ashley character on TV's "Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything"
• "Ashley " song by Green Day
• "Ashley " song by Big Seanrson, main character of Susin Nielsen's novel "We Are All Made of Molecules"
• Ashley Oswalt a protagonist in the film Sinister
• Ashley DeWitt mean girl character in TV series, "Hannah Montana"
• Ashley Marin Hanna Marin's mother in the TV and book series, 'Pretty Little Liars'