Aislinn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aislinn: Recorded since 1964, it reached #126 in 2001, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#126highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1126
1998	#955
1999	#985
2000	#1250
2001	#1170
2002	#2540
2003	#1722
2004	#2278
2005	#1589
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2019	#5591
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2024	#4192

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 52 of the 54 years from 1964 to 2017.

In 2017: #355 among girls in Northern Ireland, #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4763 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 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 recorded1997–2017
Highest recorded position: #126 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2017).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aislinn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 674 births with the name.

Aislinn 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.

Aislinn'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	#274 (1964)	#164 (1993)	#873 (2017)	52 of 54	674 (1964–2017)	29 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#1296 (1996)	#955 (1998)	#4192 (2024)	24 of 29	213 (1996–2024)	22 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#186 (1997)	#126 (2001)	#355 (2017)	19 of 21	131 (1997–2017)	15 (2001)

Aislinn 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 Aislinn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	19	5 of 10	4
1970s	67	9 of 10	7
1980s	148	10 of 10	15
1990sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
2000s	167	10 of 10	17
2010s	57	8 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Aislinn 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #126 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Aislinn'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#126	15	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#158	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#145	13	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#186	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	18	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	18	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	20	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	16	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	21	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	15	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	23	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	19	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	24	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	29	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	24	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	19	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	20	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	19	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	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 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #126, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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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.

Keelin · #126, 52y
Malachy · #123, 59y
Pierce · #122, 61y
Jerome · #119, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Daren · #126, 39y
Keelin · #126, 52y
Colman · #125, 48y
Donagh · #125, 61y

Aislinn was ranked #126 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.

Aislinn 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 Aislinn without appearing here.

Aislinn moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Aislinn

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3285 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2496.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Aislinn

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 while Aisling went from #154 to #86.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 while Alexandra went from #222 to #111.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 while Ciara went from #146 to #41.
Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 while Emma went from #245 to #2.

Moved the same way as Aislinn

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 and Alma from #327 to #579.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 and Audrey from #85 to #471.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 and Eileen from #17 to #396.
Florence Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aislinn went from #274 to #873 and Florence from #146 to #219.

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 2024. Highest recorded position: #126 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aislinn

Aislinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aislinn across 3 official records

Aislinn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aislinn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Aislinn and the names beside it

Aislinn moved ahead of

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Aislinn at a glance

Aislinn across 3 official records

Aislinn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aislinn 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 Aislinn

Aislinn and the names beside it

Aislinn moved ahead of

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