Ashlan comes from the ModernAmerican / InventedVariant tradition, meaning Ashlan means "of the ash tree.".
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How popular is Ashlan?
2009peak year
Today, Ashlan is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12049), with only about 9 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2009, 64 babies were given the name (ranked #2785 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Ashlan's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,086 babies have been registered as Ashlan since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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