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How popular is the name Ainsley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ainsleys are alive today.
Ainsley (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3689th in 2024 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 52 babies were given the name, the 410th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2024 figure is roughly 10% of its peak.
The Ainsley you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Ainsleys born in England and Wales are between 25 and 35, and there are at least 590 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ainsley - on average, only one in every 514 such rooms contains a Ainsley.
How many babies are named Ainsley each year?
Where does Ainsley rank among boys' 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 Ainsley most popular?
Ainsley peaked in 1997, when 52 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ainsley?
At least 590 people named Ainsley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ainsley?
Most living Ainsleys are between 25 and 35; the most common age is about 30.
Is Ainsley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.