girl's name

Ailise

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 65

Northern Ireland

#381

2001 births

Ailise is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in Ireland in 1998, when 6 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1983.

Ailise over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ailise by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1980s 6
1990s 15
2000s 19
2010s (to 2016) 7
2020s (to 2016) 3

How popular is Ailise?

In 2016, Ailise was given to 3 babies in Ireland, ranking #968 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ailise is used

Northern Ireland #381 3 in 2001
Ireland as Ailíse #885 3 in 2023
England & Wales #4,397 3 in 1996
United States #15,519 6 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.

How Ailise is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Ailíse Ailíse is a rare spelling of Ailise, written with a fada and recorded 3 times, mostly in Ireland. 3

Names that peaked alongside Ailise

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ailise also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ailise over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ailise

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ailise — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ailise

How popular is the name Ailise?

In 2016, Ailise was given to 3 babies in Ireland, ranking #968 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ailise a girl's or a boy's name?

Ailise is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ailise most popular?

Ailise peaked in 1998, when 6 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.