Ailey
Girl · AY-lee · English
Ailey is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Ailey mean?
English: English surname; also echoes Ailie, a Scottish pet form of Alison
Choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
- Say it
- AY-lee
Is Ailey a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ailey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ailey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Ailey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Ailey, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Ailey in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Ailey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
Ailey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 54 | #3,041 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,093 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Ailey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley Keira Caoimhe Aoife Ocean Eden Aoibheann Cassidy Lainey Orla Eilidh Teagan
Other spellings of Ailey
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