first name
PAISLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,129 people named Paisley, 81.5% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paisley peaked in 2015, when 5,091 babies got the name.
At least 65,456 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.
Paisley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #149. The largest share of babies named Paisley, 84.5%, 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 Paisley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paisley has been most common in Idaho (3.1×), Utah (2.8×), and Wyoming (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.23×).
64,080 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 Paisley
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paisley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paisley ranks #10,711 of 156,621, with 2,848 people. See Paisley as a last name
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