first name
AINSLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,841 people named Ainsley, 84.5% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as two or more races. 95.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ainsley peaked in 2014, when 1,013 babies got the name.
At least 20,896 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ainsley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #722. The largest share of babies named Ainsley, 48.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ainsley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ainsley has been most common in Colorado (2.1×), Utah (1.9×), and Louisiana (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.43×).
18,815 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ainsley
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ainsley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ainsley ranks #33,969 of 156,621, with 720 people. See Ainsley as a last name
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