Paisley

Primarily a girl's name · 96% girls

Paisley first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 348 babies (rank #163 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Paisley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Paisley yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
22Soul urgeThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,012

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

348

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Stories about the name Paisley

Brad Paisley. My husband is a country music fan. I was willing to honor that if he let me choose the middle name. Transaction complete.

— Jessica, Nashville TN, 2018

The pattern, the sound, the Scots-Persian history of the word. I got obsessed with where the word came from once we chose the name and it's a surprisingly good story. She'll know it when she's older.

— Laura, Boise ID, 2020

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	40	#618
1997	34	#719
1998	20	#1,062
1999	14	#1,371
2000	17	#1,183
2001	13	#1,499
2002	13	#1,501
2003	24	#1,018
2004	10	#2,061
2005	24	#1,069
2006	17	#1,488
2007	23	#1,225
2008	14	#1,882
2009	25	#1,238
2010	26	#1,242
2011	28	#1,193
2012	39	#950
2013	49	#797
2014	70	#594
2015	119	#387
2016	348	#163