girl's name

Ayleigh

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 79

Scotland

#783

2018 births

Ayleigh is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2010.

Ayleigh over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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Births named Ayleigh by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2010s (to 2018) 48

How popular is Ayleigh?

In 2018, Ayleigh was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ayleigh is used

Scotland #783 4 in 2018
United States #17,608 5 in 2018

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ayleigh

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

Parents who like Ayleigh also like

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

Sibling names for Ayleigh

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

Common questions about Ayleigh

How popular is the name Ayleigh?

In 2018, Ayleigh was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Ayleigh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ayleigh most popular?

Ayleigh peaked in 2015, when 9 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.