Fun Facts About the Name Ainslee
- More than 1 thousand babies named Ainslee: U.S. records list 1,583 babies given the name Ainslee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ainslee Mean?
Ainslee means 'one's own meadow' and comes from an English surname of Old English origin. It is a spelling variant of Ainsley. The surname Ainsley is habitational, taken from a place in Northumberland. That place name is usually explained as Old English An, a personal name, or ān, meaning 'one, solitary,' combined with lēah, meaning 'wood, clearing, meadow.' Its literal sense is therefore 'An's clearing' or 'solitary clearing.' The customary meaning 'one's own meadow' is a later interpretation of those elements. The name is also sometimes given the customary sense 'hermitage field.' The first element is not certain, so the exact original sense remains disputed.
Ainslee Name History & Origins
The given name Ainslee is a respelling of Ainsley, which began as an English surname. That surname is habitational, taken from a place in Northumberland. Medieval records preserve the place name in forms such as Anesleia, showing that it existed centuries before it became a personal name.
The surname Ainsley spread in northern England. The similar Scottish surname Ainslie, from a place in Roxburghshire, is a separate habitational name with its own local history; it is often mentioned alongside Ainsley because of the similar spelling. As surnames became given names in the English-speaking world, Ainsley was adopted as a first name. The spelling Ainslee is one of several later variants, along with Ainsleigh and Ainslie; it uses the common English ending -lee. This spelling does not point to a separate origin.
As a given name, Ainsley and its variants are used for both boys and girls.
How Popular is the Name Ainslee?
Ainslee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #2,143 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,296 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #3,689 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #3,088 | 53 | 0.0033% |
| 2022 | #2,926 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2021 | #3,154 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 2020 | #2,778 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2019 | #2,752 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2018 | #2,609 | 66 | 0.0039% |
| 2017 | #2,143 | 89 | 0.0052% |
| 2016 | #2,563 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2014 | #2,413 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 2013 | #2,280 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2012 | #2,495 | 73 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #2,239 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2008 | #4,886 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #3,722 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #3,317 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2004 | #3,072 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 2003 | #3,414 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2000 | #5,495 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #7,733 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #9,276 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #9,824 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #8,086 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #8,817 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #8,063 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #8,073 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #9,346 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #11,426 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,839 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #11,817 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #9,847 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,759 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #8,330 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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