Aili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Aili is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Aili come from?
Finnish and Estonian name; exact root uncertain
Is Aili a girl's or a boy's name?
Aili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Aili, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
Half of all the girls named Aili in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Aili or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Aili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,291 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,175 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,540 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
Names like Aili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Naomi Allie Lily Sophie Adeline Emma Ellie Hallie Bella Ava Phoebe Amelia
Other spellings of Aili
Names related to Aili
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aili, updated 20 October 2026.