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Ashton
Say it: ASH-tun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from many place names, from Old English æsc 'ash tree' and tun 'enclosure, settlement'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a given name in the US since the 20th century, most strongly in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 95,980 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2004, about 1 in 365 boys
- 2,840 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Ashton Kutcher, American actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.