Re: Is there a reason why Ashley "switched" genders?
in reply to a message by Rene
Wikipedia seems to think the steep US rise was due to a female character called Ashley in a soap opera, 'The Young and the Restless', in 1982:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_(name)
eta: earlier female Ashleys may just have been due to a general rise in surname-names on girls in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_(name)
eta: earlier female Ashleys may just have been due to a general rise in surname-names on girls in the US.
This message was edited 11/16/2016, 3:58 AM