Ashton: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ASH-tuhn · 2 syllables

Ashton means “enclosure, settlement”, from English.

From Old English aesc (“ash (tree species)”) + tun (“enclosure, settlement”).

How popular is Ashton?

Ashton was the #197 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,886 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Ashton in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Ashton are older than 24; most are between 18 and 40. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Ashton have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Ashton means “enclosure, settlement”. It comes from English.

Ashton is pronounced ASH-tuhn.

Ashton was the #197 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,886 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Ashton are older than 24. Most are between 18 and 40.