NameTides

Ainsley

Ainsley was the #483 girls' name in the US in 2025 (621 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #433 in Canada.

Ainsley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ainsley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Ainsley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#483 (621)#2,440 (11)—#433 (72)
2024#704 (399)#4,193 (5)#638 (4)#576 (51)
2023#598 (498)#2,928 (8)#630 (4)#486 (60)
2022#507 (622)#3,149 (7)—#332 (88)
2021#364 (845)#2,711 (9)—#399 (80)
2020#355 (872)——#339 (93)
2019#478 (654)#5,591 (3)#560 (5)#308 (102)
2018#399 (774)——#371 (89)
2017#352 (902)#4,763 (4)#808 (3)#317 (104)
2016#344 (970)——#300 (111)
2015#338 (967)#5,730 (3)#566 (5)#250 (131)
2014#337 (1,001)#3,160 (7)#802 (3)#227 (148)
2013#332 (974)—#663 (4)#285 (114)
2012#341 (930)——#235 (143)
2011#363 (891)#5,785 (3)—#232 (139)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #337.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ainsley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ainsley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #337ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #406CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #559TXFlorida: #542FL
Ainsley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#61620

Ainsley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AinsleyCanadaGirls#43372
AinsleyCanadaBoys—too few
AinsleyEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
AinsleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AinsleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AinsleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AinsleyScotlandGirls—too few
AinsleyUSGirls#483621
AinsleyUSBoys#8,9108