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Ahsan vs Ahsley

American parents have registered 1,189 Ahsleys since 1880, against 904 Ahsans. But in 2025 it was Ahsan that was commoner, 47 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Ahsan against Ahsley, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Ahsan Ahsley

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 49 years in which either name was published, Ahsan for 30 years and Ahsley for 19 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Ahsan Ahsley
Total US births 9041,189
Most in one year 61151
Babies in 2025 47under 5
Estimated living today 8901,200
Median age today 1138
Peak year 20231987
Best rank 2,290th boys1,025th girls
Rank in 2025 2,718thunranked
First recorded 19811977
Girls / boys 0 / 9041,189 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ahsleys alive today are over 38; half the Ahsans are over 11. That is 27 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ahsan and Ahsley.