Ailise

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ailise: Recorded since 1983, it reached #343 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2016.

3registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#343highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1996

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 13 of the 34 years from 1983 to 2016.

In 2001: #343 among girls in Northern Ireland, #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1983–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2001
Highest recorded position: #343 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2001).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailise appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 47 births with the name.

Ailise across 2 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.

Ailise'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	#529 (1983)	#345 (1998)	#868 (2016)	13 of 34	47 (1983–2016)	6 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#343 (2001)	#343 (2001)	2 of 4	6 (1998–2001)	3 (1998)

Ailise 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 Ailise in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Ailise 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 1983 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #343 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Ailise'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
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	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 1983 and 2016, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #343, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 15 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#868position in 2016, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

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.

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Ailis · #293, 46y
Ailish · #138, 62y
Ailla · #1628, 12y

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.

Tajus · #343, 18y
Tammie · #343, 16y
Kiaan · #342, 17y
Markuss · #342, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Tammie · #343, 16y
Carley · #339, 30y
Krystle · #347, 13y
Dannielle · #337, 23y

Ailise was ranked #343 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.

Ailise 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 Ailise without appearing here.

Ailise moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #576 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #406 and #620.
Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #576 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #345 and #498.
Janice Compare
In 1997 they stood at #576 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #345 and #498.
Janet Compare
In 2011 they stood at #406 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #907.

Moved ahead of Ailise

Lola Compare
In 2004 they stood at #406 and #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #587 and #300.
Evie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #345 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #441.

Moved the opposite way to Ailise

Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 while Abigail went from #476 to #52.
Aimee Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 while Aimee went from #219 to #129.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 while Alexandra went from #313 to #91.
Alice Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 while Alice went from #153 to #34.

Moved the same way as Ailise

Aisling Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 and Aisling from #31 to #77.
Alison Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 and Alison from #73 to #114.
Amanda Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 and Amanda from #45 to #419.
Andrea Compare
Between 1983 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailise went from #529 to #868 and Andrea from #94 to #288.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1983 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #343 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ailise

Ailise at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ailise across 2 official records

Ailise by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Ailise across 2 official records

Ailise by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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