Girls' name · since 2009
Paislei
Paislei has 185 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
185 babies have been named Paislei since 2009, making it today's #11650 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paislei has been recorded 185 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #11650 nationally and more common than 33% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #20,611 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,650 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paislei ranks #20,611 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,650 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,611 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paislei's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Paislei compares
185 35th percentile among 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
Paislei's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paislei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paislei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paislei's full recorded timeline at 2018, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paislei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #11650 among girls.
185 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 23 births in a single year.
Paislei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Paislei's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Paislei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (59% of all-time use).
Paislei decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Paislei's data
- Paislei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Paislei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 2009–2025 (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 Paislei 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.
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