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Paisley
Pronounced /ˈpeɪzli/
Rank in 2024
#61
Born in 2024
3,542
Peak year
2015 · #45
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,542 girls were named Paisley, about 1 in every 455.
- It peaked in 2015 with 5,089 babies, ranked #45.
- It first shows up in the records in 1966.
- 61,817 girls have been named Paisley since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Paisley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 2.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 89 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 640 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,407 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 51,681 babies, 2.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”). Despite occasional respellings such as Paisleigh, this word does not etymologically contain the suffix -ley/-leigh.
- A unisex given name from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈpeɪzli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Paisley, CC BY-SA 4.0.