Fun Facts About the Name Ayslin
- 148 babies named Ayslin: U.S. records list 148 babies given the name Ayslin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ayslin Mean?
Ayslin is a spelling variant of the Irish name Aisling, which comes from the Irish noun aisling, meaning "dream" or "vision." The word is attested in Old Irish as aislinge, also "a dream, a vision," so the literal sense of the name is simply that: a dream or a vision.
The name is the ordinary Irish word used directly as a personal name, so it has no separate root meaning of its own. Its English spellings - Aisling, Aislinn, Aislin, Aislyn, Ashling, and Ayslin - represent the same name and the same meaning; the spelling does not change the derivation. The deeper origin of the Irish noun itself is not securely established.
Irish poetry is sometimes given as the reason the name is glossed poetically as "vision," but that is a customary association of the word, not a second etymology.
Ayslin Name History & Origins
The word aisling is old in Irish. The Old Irish tale Aislinge Óenguso, "The Vision of Óengus," takes its title from the same noun. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, aisling also named a poetic form in which the poet encounters a woman in a dream; she stands for Ireland, and the poem turns to complaint or hope. Poets of that tradition include Aogán Ó Rathaille, and the song Roisín Dubh is frequently described as an aisling.
The personal name Aisling derives from the word rather than from the poetry. It is the usual spelling in Ireland, with Aislinn and Ashling also used there. Spellings such as Aislin, Aislyn, and Ayslin belong chiefly to English-speaking countries outside Ireland, where the name is written to fit English spelling patterns; as one of these respelled forms, Ayslin shares the history of the Irish name.
The similar-looking English name Ashlyn is generally explained as a combination of Ashley and Lynn and is not part of this group.
How Popular is the Name Ayslin?
Ayslin 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 2025. Its best rank was #7,193 in 2025.
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 | #7,193 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #11,211 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #15,515 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #12,417 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #12,392 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #12,322 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,242 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #11,004 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,996 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #16,925 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #11,143 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,306 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #15,238 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #9,044 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #15,765 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #10,010 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #16,451 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #12,371 | 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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