I don't think
Ashley is particularly common where I live. I know one female
Ashley, who is about 6. I know 3 male Ashleys, all about 20 years old. I didn't grow up with any female Ashleys.
I don't know anyone with a variant spelling, but I imagine they're not as popular as the original.
For a girl, I don't like any of the names you mentioned, but I suppose
Ainsley is the best.
Hadley is definitely the worst.
I think
Lindsay is probably more common for girls where I live, but that's for people my age, I don't know about children.
I prefer
Lindsay for a girl because
Ashley is a boys name to me, and
Lindsay is less unisex. I've never met a male
Lindsay
I think
Hadley is the least common where i live.
This message was edited 1/11/2012, 12:53 AM