girls:
58.2k births since 1966
#527 (91st percentile)
boys:
76 births since 2011
#4510 (2nd percentile)
overall:
58.3k births since 1966
#978 (87th percentile)
The name Paisley is the #978 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 58,301 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 87.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #527 (90.8% percentile) for all time with 58,225 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,510 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 76 births since 2011.
Paisley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 2011 for boys). Birth data for Paisley is available in 53 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (53 years for girls and 10 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 Paisley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Paisley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 95.4% percentile (ranked #45) with 2,608 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 2,623 births per million (ranked 95.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Paisley ranks #54 for girls (94.4% percentile) with 2,131 births per million, which is 81.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Paisley reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #907) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Paisley ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 45.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Paisley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Paisley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.5% confident that Paisley is pronounced as PAYZ-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PAY-slee, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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