Ailish — #9168 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ailish

The Social Security Administration has registered 647 babies named Ailish between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ailish currently holds the #9168 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ailish performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ailish shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Ailish in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ailish in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 647 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.