girl's name

Aishling

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 1,400

Northern Ireland

#380

2000 births

Aishling is a girl's name. In 2000 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 1992, when 63 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1965.

Aishling over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2015, not a full ten years.

458
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Aishling by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1960s 16
1970s 211
1980s 416
1990s 458
2000s 203
2010s (to 2015) 37

How popular is Aishling?

In 2015, Aishling was given to 6 babies in Ireland, ranking #609 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Aishling is used

Northern Ireland #380 3 in 2000
Ireland #609 6 in 2015
England & Wales #4,580 3 in 2000
United States #13,846 6 in 2000

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.

Names that peaked alongside Aishling

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

Parents who like Aishling also like

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

Sibling names for Aishling

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

Common questions about Aishling

How popular is the name Aishling?

In 2015, Aishling was given to 6 babies in Ireland, ranking #609 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Aishling is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aishling most popular?

Aishling peaked in 1992, when 63 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.