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Ainsley

Girl

Meaning of Ainsley: Scottish: 'one's own meadow'

Ainsley is a girl's name most strongly associated with Scottish naming. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 479th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 4192nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#479

629 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4192

5 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

20,896

First recorded 1950 · peak 2014

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 23 babies1982: 30 babies1983: 34 babies1984: 21 babies1985: 35 babies1986: 45 babies1987: 59 babies1988: 76 babies1989: 80 babies1990: 91 babies19901991: 76 babies1992: 73 babies1993: 74 babies1994: 66 babies1995: 78 babies1996: 90 babies1997: 84 babies1998: 121 babies1999: 109 babies2000: 129 babies20002001: 590 babies2002: 646 babies2003: 697 babies2004: 778 babies2005: 698 babies2006: 701 babies2007: 711 babies2008: 734 babies2009: 780 babies2010: 903 babies20102011: 905 babies2012: 945 babies2013: 985 babies2014: 1,013 babies2015: 984 babies2016: 984 babies2017: 913 babies2018: 780 babies2019: 654 babies2020: 882 babies20202021: 854 babies2022: 633 babies2023: 507 babies2024: 399 babies2025: 629 babies
US babies named Ainsley per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 1,013.

Gender split

2% boys · 98% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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