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How popular is the name Ailsa?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ailsas are alive today.
Ailsa (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 41 babies were given the name, the 619th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak.
The Ailsa you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Ailsas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 30, and there are at least 950 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ailsa - on average, only one in every 332 such rooms contains a Ailsa.
How many babies are named Ailsa each year?
Where does Ailsa rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ailsa most popular?
Ailsa peaked in 1998, when 41 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ailsa?
At least 950 people named Ailsa born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ailsa?
Most living Ailsas are between 13 and 30; the most common age is about 28.
Is Ailsa becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.