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Ainsley
Pronounced /ˈeɪnzli/
Rank in 2024
#706
Born in 2024
397
Peak year
2014 · #337
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 397 girls were named Ainsley, about 1 in every 4,063.
- It peaked in 2014 with 1,001 babies, ranked #337.
- It first shows up in the records in 1961.
- 19,845 girls have been named Ainsley since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ainsley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 7 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 123 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 857 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,384 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,474 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈeɪnzli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ainsley, CC BY-SA 4.0.