girls:
1.5k births since 1985
#4248 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1985
#6250 (19th percentile)
The name Ainslee is the #6,250 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,495 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 19.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,248 (25.7% percentile) for all time with 1,495 births since 1985.
Ainslee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for girls in 1985). Birth data for Ainslee is available in 38 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Ainslee reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #865) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ainslee ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 64.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ainslee".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ainslee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Ainslee is pronounced as AY-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AYN-slee, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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