Fun Facts About the Name Aisley
- More than 1 thousand babies named Aisley: U.S. records list 1,098 babies given the name Aisley from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aisley Mean?
Aisley is a modern respelling rather than a name with an independent recorded etymology, so its meaning is usually traced through Ainsley, an English and Scottish surname that became a given name. Ainsley is generally derived from a place name, most often Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England, where an Old English personal name, An, is joined to lēah, "woodland clearing" or "glade," giving the sense "An's clearing." A second explanation points to the Scottish place name Ainslie in Roxburghshire, whose first element is sometimes read as ān, "one" or "alone," which would mean "solitary clearing." These two readings produce different senses, and because Aisley is a respelling of the surname rather than a form recorded in its own right, its exact meaning is uncertain. Some name lists link it instead to Ashley, "ash-tree clearing," but that rests on resemblance in sound and spelling rather than on a shared origin.
Aisley Name History & Origins
Aisley belongs to the large group of English given names that began as surnames. Surnames ending in -ley or -leigh - Ainsley, Ashley, Paisley, Hailey - were gradually adopted as first names, and each of them picked up several respellings over time. Aisley is one of these respellings of Ainsley. The ai in the first syllable follows the older spelling Ainslie, the Scottish form of the surname, which is tied to the lands of Ainslie in Roxburghshire; the English form Ainsley goes back to the Nottinghamshire place name Annesley. The spelling reproduces the sound of those surnames in a simplified form, and the name is used chiefly for girls in the English-speaking world.
How Popular is the Name Aisley?
Aisley 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 2014. Its best rank was #2,049 in 2014.
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 | #3,252 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #3,630 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2023 | #4,743 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #3,110 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 2020 | #3,337 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 2019 | #3,452 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #2,708 | 63 | 0.0037% |
| 2017 | #2,598 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2016 | #2,222 | 86 | 0.0049% |
| 2015 | #2,408 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 2014 | #2,049 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2013 | #2,626 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2011 | #2,371 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2010 | #3,124 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2009 | #5,897 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #4,361 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #11,659 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #6,363 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #6,256 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #7,083 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #10,449 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #6,706 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #12,099 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #15,089 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #12,104 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #11,813 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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