Ainsleigh
Ainsley is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.
Meaning & Origin of Ainsleigh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ainsley is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning hermitage and clearing.
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The Story of Ainsleigh
Ainsleigh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 39 Ainsleighs were born — ranking #3,841 that year. As of 2026, Ainsleigh ranks #5,357 for baby girls with 23 births, gradually rising (+7%). In total, more than 652 Ainsleighs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ainsleigh
Ainsleigh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 652 births in the dataset. Ainsleigh's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #3,841. Use the chart and map above to compare Ainsleigh'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 .
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