girls:
19.4k births since 1961
#1049 (82nd percentile)
boys:
418 births since 1950
#4168 (9th percentile)
overall:
19.9k births since 1950
#1818 (77th percentile)
The name Ainsley is the #1,818 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,863 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 76.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,049 (81.7% percentile) for all time with 19,445 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,168 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 418 births since 1950.
Ainsley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (1950 for boys and 1961 for girls). Birth data for Ainsley is available in 60 out of the 74 years between 1950 and 2023 (57 years for girls and 49 years for boys). 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.
The name Ainsley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.9% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1961, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1950 to 1960), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.9% girls from 1961 to 2023).
For girls, Ainsley reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 67.0% percentile (ranked #308) with 505 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 512 births per million (ranked 67.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ainsley ranks #510 for girls (46.2% percentile) with 284 births per million, which is 55.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ainsley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #893) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ainsley ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 59.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ainsley".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ainsley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.3% confident that Ainsley is pronounced as AY-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AYN-slee, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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