Ashtan comes from the ModernAmerican / InventedVariant tradition, meaning "Settlement near ash trees".
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How popular is Ashtan?
2005peak year
Ashtan first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1987. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2005, 14 babies received the name (ranked #5594). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #10155), with roughly 7 babies named Ashtan each year. Ashtan has been declining in recent years. In total, around 250 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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