Ainslee
Ainslee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ainslee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ainslee is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ainslee
American parents first put Ainslee on the record books as a baby girl name in 1985, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 89 Ainslees were born — ranking #2,143 that year. About 46% of every Ainslee on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ainslee ranks #3,604 for baby girls with 42 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ainslee
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About the name Ainslee
Ainslee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ainslee's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #2,143. Use the chart and map above to compare Ainslee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.