Eisley
Feminine
Eisley is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 2,361 girls against 20 boys since 1880.
Eisley may be Eisleben in Germany, a modern coinage, or a place from a film — and no source establishes which.
How old is the name Eisley?
Eisley first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Eisley is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,300 people named Eisley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eisley most popular?
Eisley peaked in 2017, reaching #1224 nationally. Today it ranks #2276, 1,052 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Eisley
Our story of Eisley is a story of a sound with several unproven doors. The -ley ending is genuine Old English for a clearing and closes a hundred real place names. A German town called Eisleben is Luther's birthplace. And a spaceport in a 1977 film carries the sound. American families began registering Eisley in the 2010s alongside Ainsley, Everly and Emsley. Which door they came through is not recorded, and no source establishes a meaning.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. A German Eisleben exists as a place and surname; a Mos Eisley appears in a 1977 film; and the -ley ending recalls the Old English leah, 'clearing'. None is established as the source. Honest sources record it as modern.
Pronouncing Eisley
EYES-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say AYS-lee instead.
Nicknames for Eisley
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 2017196 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1224reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −14.0%80 in 2025, from 93
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eisley in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eisly in English — spelling variant
- Ainsley in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Eisleys among us
people named Eisley are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,091 born in 2025 was named Eisley
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Courtnie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eisley's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Courtnie climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Courtnie's path sketches the road Eisley is walking now.
Eisley sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eisley is headed
Eisley is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eisley beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eisley in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lee is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk once heard.
- It is genuinely rare and distinctive.
- There is no documented meaning.
- The first vowel splits between two readings.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eisleys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Eisley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eisley in 2025?
- Eisley ranks #2276 among US girl names in 2025, with 80 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eisley?
- About 1 in every 20,091 US girls born in 2025 was named Eisley — 80 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eisley with classmates?
- Eisley will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eisley
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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