Feminine dossier · first seen 1966

Paisley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Paisley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

5,089

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1966Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

30.4%

2024

3,542

All-time

61,817

Paisley has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 5,089 girls were named Paisley.

In 2024, only 3,542 girls were given the name.

Down 30.4% from its peak.

All told, about 61,817 Americans have been named Paisley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1966.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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