How Many People Are Named Paisley?
people named Paisley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,254 people in the US has this name
Based on 65,456 babies named Paisley in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,091 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname, originally from the name of a town, which may ultimately be derived from Latin basilica "church". This is also a word (derived from the name of that same town) for a type of pattern commonly found on fabrics.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Paisley (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paisley alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paisley first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 2015, to 5,091 babies. In 2025, 3,513 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Paisley never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #45, in 2015 and 2017, and it was in the top 100 for 13 years, 2013 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #67.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #67 |
| Best rank | #45 (2015 and 2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | 13 (2013 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #72 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Paisley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Paisley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,624 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Paisley was given 4.2 times as often in Wyoming, 3.5 times in West Virginia and 3 times in Montana.
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