Ainsley
A girls’ name of Scottish origin, meaning one's own meadow or solitary meadow.
How Ainsley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #338 |
| 2016 | #344 |
| 2017 | #352 |
| 2018 | #399 |
| 2019 | #478 |
| 2020 | #354 |
| 2021 | #364 |
| 2022 | #506 |
| 2023 | #598 |
| 2024 | #706 |
| 2025 | #483 |
Ainsley by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Ainsley. In the US, 908 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,000 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ainsley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ansleyone's own meadow; a respelling of Ainsley or Aynsley362 in the US (2017)
- Ainsleeone's own meadow; a form of Ainsley89 in the US (2017)
- Aisleyone's own meadow or solitary meadow; a respelling of Ainsley64 in the US (2017)
- Annsleyfrom Ann's clearing; variant of Annesley50 in the US (2017)
- Aynsleyone's own meadow; a form of Ainsley7 in the US (2017)
- Aimsley8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ainsley
Names that are said the same way as Ainsley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ansleighhermitage in the valley; a spelling variant of Ansley65 in the US (2017)
- Ansleeone's own meadow; a modern respelling of Ainslee60 in the US (2017)
- Annsleecombination of Ann and Lee, grace and meadow32 in the US (2017)
- Ainsleighone meadow; a form of Ainsley28 in the US (2017)
- Annsleighgraceful meadow; a form of Annesley19 in the US (2017)
- Aynslee9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Ainsley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ainsley
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