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How popular is the name Paisley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Paisleys are alive today.
Paisley (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 226th in 2025 with 207 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 369 babies were given the name, the 147th most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Paisley you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Paisleys born in England and Wales are between 5 and 10, and there are at least 3,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Paisley.
How many babies are named Paisley each year?
Where does Paisley 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 Paisley most popular?
Paisley peaked in 2017, when 369 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Paisley?
At least 3,800 people named Paisley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Paisley?
Most living Paisleys are between 5 and 10; the most common age is about 9.
Is Paisley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.