Girls' name · since 1975

Aynsley

441 babies named Aynsley in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#12,751 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,639 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
441
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade

441 babies have been named Aynsley since 1975, making it today's #6639 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Aynsley recorded 441 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #6639 nationally today, ahead of 62% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.

  • #12,751 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,639 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 441 born since 1975
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aynsley ranks #12,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,639 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 441 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.

#12,751 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,639 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
441
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%61.6%
Aynsley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Aynsley's 441 recorded births place it above 82.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Aynsley compares

441 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Aynsley's all-time total is 17% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Aynsley Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 441 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Aynsley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Aynsley splits its recorded history at 1999: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Aynsley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
21
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
0510152025 197519811987199520022008201420212025 17

Aynsley by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (135 births, 31% of the file).

2000s was Aynsley's strongest decade.

135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.

Aynsley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 135 births (31% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aynsley?
Since 1975, Social Security records show 441 babies named Aynsley. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #12,751 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #6,639 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2006, with 21 births.
Where does Aynsley sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aynsley ranks #12,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,639 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Aynsley most popular?
Aynsley was most popular in the 2000s decade with 135 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Aynsley been used?
The SSA has tracked Aynsley since 1975 -- 51 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Aynsley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aynslee, Aynara, Ayn, Ayna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Aynsley's data

  • Aynsley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Aynsley

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Aynsley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aynsley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.