Ainslee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AYNZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Ainslee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hermitage clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Ainslee mean?
English: spelling of Ainsley, a surname from the place name Annesley
“hermitage clearing”
Is Ainslee a girl's or a boy's name?
Ainslee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ainslee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Ainslee, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Ainslee in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were given Ainslee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,732, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Ainslee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,144 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Names like Ainslee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Brylee, Teagan, Journee, Londyn, Briar, Riley, Kaylee, Ocean, Kinsley, Hayden, Blakely
Other spellings of Ainslee
Names related to Ainslee
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Ainslee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ainslee, updated 20 October 2026.