Aishling
The aisling, or vision poem, is a mythopoeic poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry. The word may have a number of variations in pronunciation, but the is of the first syllable is always realised as a ("sh") sound.
Meaning & Origin of Aishling
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The aisling, or vision poem, is a mythopoeic poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry. The word may have a number of variations in pronunciation, but the is of the first syllable is always realised as a ("sh") sound.
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The Story of Aishling
Aishling first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1988, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 7 Aishlings were born — ranking #9,681 that year. As of 2026, Aishling ranks #13,154 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 33 Aishlings have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Aishling
Aishling is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Aishling's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #9,681. Use the chart and map above to compare Aishling'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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