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
0%100%Median name50%32.6%
Paislei vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Paislei's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% 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 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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
23
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
0510152025 200920122014201620182020202220242025 8

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (59% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Paislei?
Paislei has been given to 185 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,611 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,650 of 17,297. 23 babies were born in 2018, its single highest year.
Where does Paislei sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Paislei most popular?
Paislei was most popular in the 2010s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Paislei been used?
The SSA has tracked Paislei since 2009 -- 17 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Paislei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paige, Paisley, Paislee, Paityn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.

Keep exploring Paislei

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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.

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.