Ailee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Ailee is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Ailee come from?
Scottish: spelling of Ailie; Scottish pet form, perhaps of Alison or Eilidh
Meaning borrowed from Ailie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ailee a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ailee, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ailee than any year since 2007.
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were given Ailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ailee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Ailee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Ailee, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Ailee than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Ailee in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Ailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Ailee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Ailee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Aoife Keira Eden Fiadh Bree Ocean Aoibheann Maeve Teagan Rowan Orla
Other spellings of Ailee
Names related to Ailee
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ailee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ailee, updated 20 October 2026.