Ailis

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ailis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ailis: Recorded since 1964, it reached #293 in 2001, and it stood at #4,645 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#2152
1998	#1480
1999	#1557
2000	#1688
2002	#2105
2003	#2436
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2012	#5876
2016	#4763
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 40 of the 56 years from 1964 to 2019.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5876 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2001
Highest recorded position: #293 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2001).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4645 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Ailis appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 189 births with the name.

Ailis across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ailis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#324 (2000)	#871 (2019)	40 of 56	189 (1964–2019)	8 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#1480 (1998)	#4645 (2022)	17 of 27	100 (1996–2022)	12 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#293 (2001)	#293 (2001)	2 of 5	7 (1997–2001)	4 (2001)

Ailis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ailis in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	23	6 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	47	9 of 10	5
1990s	52	10 of 10	5
2000s	46	9 of 10	5
2010s	17	5 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ailis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Ailis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2022, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #293, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aileen · #81, 62y
Ailin · #298, 52y
Ailise · #343, 14y
Ailish · #138, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marissa · #294, 44y
Nada · #292, 46y
Liz · #291, 46y
Magda · #295, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cathrina · #293, 19y
Yosef · #293, 38y
Elva · #292, 39y
Laurie · #291, 48y

Ailis was ranked #293 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ailis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ailis without appearing here.

Ailis moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Jan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #492 and #492 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #363 and #576.

Moved ahead of Ailis

Alma Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1500.
Liv Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1796.
Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1934.
Teddy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2105 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2008.

Moved the opposite way to Ailis

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 while Alexandra went from #222 to #88.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 while Anna went from #34 to #19.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 while Annie went from #112 to #66.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 while Charlotte went from #171 to #45.

Moved the same way as Ailis

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 and Alma from #327 to #502.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 and Audrey from #85 to #716.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 and Deirdre from #14 to #871.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailis went from #327 to #871 and Eileen from #17 to #421.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ailis

Ailis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ailis across 3 official records

Ailis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ailis

Ailis and the names beside it

Ailis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ailis

Moved the opposite way to Ailis

Moved the same way as Ailis

Ailis at a glance

Ailis across 3 official records

Ailis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ailis

Ailis and the names beside it

Ailis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ailis

Moved the opposite way to Ailis

Moved the same way as Ailis