Ashlyn

What Ashlyn means

Means “dream, vision”

An anglicized form of Irish Aisling (“dream, vision”) with -lyn.

Source: Wiktionary, “Ashlyn” (revision 91794204), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ashlyn?

US: Falling: down from #332 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 2,539 girls got the name (#127 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 6,135 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 31,660 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KY (0.35 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.35 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.34 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ashlyn is #972 in the US and #3035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ashlyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ashlynn258 US
• Ashleen14 US · 4 E&W
• Ashlin9 US
• Ashlynne6 US
• Ashlen5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ashlyn

Girls

• Kaitlyn#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #197 in 2015, #799 in 2025
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Morgan#312Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025
• Kira#385Editor’s note Down from #361 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025
• Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025

For a brother

• Bryce#357Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 4,319 babies; 919 in 2025
• Evan#153“God is gracious”^*
• Colin#343Short form of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Oscar#223Editor’s note Down from #181 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Ian#83Editor’s note Steady in the US: #76 in 2015 and #83 in 2025. About 1 in 440 US boys in the 2025 records
• Connor#166“lover of hounds”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ashlyn’s. Rank is US 2025.