Aisling
Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision". It refers to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries. There is no evidence that it was used as a given name before the 20th century.
Meaning & Origin of Aisling
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision". It refers to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries. There is no evidence that it was used as a given name before the 20th century.
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The Story of Aisling
Aisling first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 61 Aislings were born — ranking #2,554 that year. As of 2026, Aisling ranks #4,148 for baby girls with 34 births, gradually rising (+6%). In total, more than 2K Aislings have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Aisling
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- Aisling Bea (born 1984), Irish comedian
- Aisling Burnand (born 1964), British businesswoman and lobbyist
- Aisling Daly (born 1987), Irish mixed martial arts fighter
- Aislinn Derbez , (born 1987), Mexican actress
- Aisling Franciosi (born 1993), Irish-Italian actress
- Aisling Jarrett-Gavin (born 1989/1990), English actress
- Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace (born 1978), British glamour model and Big Brother contestant
- Aislinn Hunter (born 1969), Canadian writer
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About the name Aisling
Aisling is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Aisling's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #2,554. Use the chart and map above to compare Aisling'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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