Ashton
Ashton is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 68,078 male / 18,613 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Ashton
If you do not know Ashton’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ashton,” in English, “Guten Tag Ashton,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Ashton,
German
Guten Tag Ashton,
French
Bonjour Ashton,
Spanish
Estimado/a Ashton:
Chinese
Ashton您好：
Japanese
Ashton様
English
Hi Ashton,
German
Hi Ashton,
French
Salut Ashton,
Spanish
Hola Ashton,
Chinese
Ashton你好：
Japanese
Ashtonさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | unisex name |
| Great Britain | rare | unisex name |
United States birth data
68,078 male · 18,613 female · 86,691 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 78.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Ashton a male or female name?
Ashton is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Ashton in an email?
If you do not know Ashton’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Ashton,” in English, “Guten Tag Ashton,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Ashton a unisex name?
Ashton is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Ashton a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/ashton. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_ashton,
title = {Is Ashton a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/ashton},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}