NameTides

Paisley

Paisley was the #67 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,508 babies), and #226 in England & Wales and #121 in Canada.

Paisley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Paisley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Paisley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#67 (3,508)#226 (207)#359 (9)—#718 (4)#121 (223)
2024#61 (3,554)#234 (205)#384 (8)#407 (3)#372 (10)#107 (238)
2023#56 (3,749)#192 (258)#395 (8)#391 (3)#296 (13)#102 (237)
2022#53 (4,056)#172 (296)#531 (5)#266 (6)#357 (11)#92 (260)
2021#52 (4,299)#157 (330)#363 (9)#298 (5)#517 (7)#86 (299)
2020#49 (4,380)#146 (349)#178 (22)#397 (3)#444 (8)#78 (327)
2019#53 (4,280)#152 (332)#286 (13)—#621 (5)#73 (341)
2018#52 (4,366)#171 (313)#286 (13)#434 (3)#629 (5)#80 (322)
2017#45 (4,958)#147 (369)#275 (14)——#76 (345)
2016#46 (4,883)#161 (348)#262 (16)#353 (4)#868 (3)#74 (364)
2015#45 (5,091)#384 (119)#416 (8)——#75 (373)
2014#53 (4,501)#589 (70)#681 (4)——#82 (331)
2013#80 (3,607)#784 (49)———#124 (247)
2012#104 (2,924)#934 (39)———#150 (210)
2011#194 (1,644)#1,168 (28)———#262 (125)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #45.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 460 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 460common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 670common

Next year

On its recent trend, Paisley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 490 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 470 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paisley by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #45MEWisconsin: #54WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #29NHWashington: #72WAIdaho: #20IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #21NDMinnesota: #54MNIllinois: #103ILMichigan: #44MINew York: #180NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #50ORNevada: #95NVWyoming: #45WYSouth Dakota: #22SDIowa: #30IAIndiana: #30INOhio: #38OHPennsylvania: #49PANew Jersey: #312NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #179CAUtah: #58UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #61NEMissouri: #29MOKentucky: #25KYWest Virginia: #8WVVirginia: #82VAMaryland: #154MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #57AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #47KSArkansas: #27ARTennessee: #34TNNorth Carolina: #58NCSouth Carolina: #34SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #35OKLouisiana: #34LAMississippi: #13MSAlabama: #28ALGeorgia: #46GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #108TXFlorida: #90FL
Paisley (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#103101
Quebec2025#6696

Paisley (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
PaisleyCanadaGirls#121223
PaisleyEngland & WalesGirls#226207
PaisleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
PaisleyIrelandGirls#7184
PaisleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PaisleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PaisleyScotlandGirls#3599
PaisleyUSGirls#673,508
PaisleyUSBoys#12,0085