Ailidh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Ailidh is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Ailidh come from?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic name, perhaps a form of Ailie
Is Ailidh a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailidh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailidh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ailidh, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ailidh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were given Ailidh 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 632nd in Scotland.
Ailidh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
Names like Ailidh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Ayah Caragh Aoibheann Afrah Aayah Aysha Aaliyah Ailsa Aafiyah Raegan Alaiyah
Other spellings of Ailidh
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ailidh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ailidh, updated 20 October 2026.