# Ailish (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ailish/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “alice”, “elizabeth” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 655 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 655 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 398, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Phonetic rendering of Irish Ailís (“Alice”) or Eilís (“Elizabeth”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,361 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,122 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,733 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,213 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,502 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,926 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,222 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,460 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,617 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,089 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6,995 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,638 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8,959 |
| 2025 | 8 | 10,955 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.