How Many People Are Named Paisly?
An estimated 206 people in the United States have the first name Paisly. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 12 years old, and Paisly peaked in popularity in 2011 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Paisly as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Paisly paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
206
About 1 in 1,663,856 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
12
years old
Peak Year
2011
21 births
Total Registered
208
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Paisly
Paisly is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 208 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Paisly as a female name
Ranked #17,025 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 2011 (21 births)
Paisly: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Paisly span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 139 babies were registered. Paisly has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Paisly by Decade
How has Paisly tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Paisly + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Paisly as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Paisly
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Paisly: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Paisly?
We estimate approximately 206 people named Paisly are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,663,856 Americans share this first name.
Is Paisly a common name?
Paisly is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 208 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Paisly most popular?
Paisly reached peak popularity in 2011, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Paisly is approximately 12 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Paisly a female name?
Paisly is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Paisly Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Paisly Smith, Paisly Johnson, Paisly Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me