Ailish

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ailish: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #138 in 1990, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#138highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ailish's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#635
1997	#551
1998	#801
1999	#842
2000	#969
2001	#918
2002	#1192
2003	#1472
2004	#1617
2005	#1796
2006	#1983
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#4688
2011	#2150
2012	#1991
2013	#2887
2014	#4003
2015	#3615
2016	#2966
2017	#2201
2018	#2340
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

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 61 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #315 among girls in Scotland, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #138 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailish appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,064 births with the name.

Ailish 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.

Ailish'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)	#138 (1990)	#483 (2025)	61 of 62	1,064 (1964–2025)	42 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#635 (1996)	#551 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	392 (1996–2024)	47 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#301 (1998)	#370 (2013)	3 of 16	12 (1998–2013)	4 (1998)

Ailish 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 Ailish in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	66	6 of 10	11
1970s	190	10 of 10	19
1980sbusiest	293	10 of 10	29
1990s	243	10 of 10	24
2000s	132	10 of 10	13
2010s	101	10 of 10	10
2020s	39	5 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Ailish 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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #138 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Ailish'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#918	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#842	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#801	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#635	38	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	13	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	16	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	21	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	23	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	35	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	21	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	29	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	23	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	37	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	25	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	29	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	29	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	28	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	42	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	39	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	24	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	26	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	20	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	14	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	14	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	13	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	14	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #138, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Syed · #136, 66y
Edwin · #135, 63y
Tim · #135, 67y
Maciej · #144, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Katarina · #138, 61y
Marcella · #138, 60y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Derrick · #137, 52y

Ailish was ranked #138 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. 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.

Ailish 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 Ailish without appearing here.

Ailish moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2150 and #5785.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Ailish

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1983 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #1573.
Liv Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1983 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #3667 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Ailish

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Ailish

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailish went from #327 to #483 and Julia from #42 to #118.

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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #138 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ailish

Ailish at a glance

What stands out in Ailish's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ailish across 3 official records

Ailish by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailish appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ailish and the names beside it

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Ailish at a glance

What stands out in Ailish's record

Ailish across 3 official records

Ailish by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailish 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 Ailish

Ailish and the names beside it

Ailish moved ahead of

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