Airlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Airlie is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Airlie mean?
Scottish: Scottish place name in Angus
Airlie Castle in Angus, burned in 1640, is remembered in the Scottish ballad The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie.
Is Airlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Airlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Airlie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Airlie, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Airlie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Airlie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Airlie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Airlie, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Airlie than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Airlie in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Airlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Names like Airlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Indie Isla Elodie Aoife Fiadh Maisie Arabella Orla Evie Nova Sylvie Maeve
Names related to Airlie
More Scottish names
Finley Logan Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Lochlan
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, “Airlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/airlie, updated 20 October 2026.