Paisley Girl
How popular is Paisley?
#67 girl name in 2025
3,508 baby girls were named Paisley in the US in 2025, making it the 67th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Paisley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #67 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,508 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #45 in 2015, #49 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (5,091 girls) |
| Highest rank | #45 in 2015 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Paisley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Paisley family of names ranked #63 for girls in 2025 (#65 the year before), with 4,304 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paisley | 3,508 | 82% |
| Paislee | 423 | 10% |
| Paisleigh | 238 | 6% |
| Paizley | 40 | 1% |
| Paizlee | 28 | 1% |
| Payslee | 16 | 0% |
| Paislie | 11 | 0% |
| Paizleigh | 7 | 0% |
| Paisly | 8 | 0% |
| Paysley | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Paisley is most popular
Babies named Paisley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 12.9 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Vermont: 11.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- West Virginia: 11.1 per 1,000 (290 girls)
- Montana: 8.7 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- South Dakota: 8.6 per 1,000 (123 girls)
Paisley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #5,455 |
| 1970s | 57 | #4,242 |
| 1980s | 156 | #2,804 |
| 1990s | 654 | #1,626 |
| 2000s | 3,349 | #319 |
| 2010s | 37,582 | #45 |
| 2020s | 23,546 | #49 |
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Questions
- Is Paisley a boy or girl name?
- Paisley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Paisley were girls.
- How popular is the name Paisley?
- 3,508 baby girls were named Paisley in the US in 2025, making it the 67th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Paisley most popular?
- Paisley peaked in 2015, when 5,091 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #45, held for 2 years starting in 2015.
- How many people are named Paisley?
- 65,456 babies have been named Paisley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 65,137 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Paisley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Paisley was most common in Wyoming, at 12.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.