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Ash

Boy's name · #1177 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Ash is near its high-water mark: it reached #1064 in 2023 and still ranked #1177 in 2025. About 2,500 boys have carried it since 1975.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#783 in Scotland (2025) · #855 in Ireland (2025) · #1,067 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,469 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ashes

• Ash Carter — 25th United States Secretary of Defense
• Ash Brannon — American film director and animator
• Ash Taylor — British footballer (born 1990)
• Ash Stymest — British model
• Ash Island — South Korean rapper and singer

In stories & tradition

• Ash Ketchum — Pokémon (anime series)
• Ash — Egyptian mythology
• Ash Williams — Ash vs Evil Dead (TV series)

What Ashes become

Among 105 notable people named Ash:

Entertainers appear 3.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ash Brannon, American film director and animator.

Similar names: Cedar · Aziah · Seven · Dash · Ashtyn · Kash

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