Jaisley
Feminine
Jaisley joins a Jais- front to the -ley ending, and it belongs to the Paisley family — a Scottish town whose name may be a church.
How old is the name Jaisley?
Jaisley first appears in US birth records in 2014 — 11 years ago. Jaisley is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Jaisleys are still in diapers. About 300 people named Jaisley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jaisley most popular?
Jaisley peaked in 2025, reaching #1818 nationally. Today it ranks #1818, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jaisley
Our story of Jaisley is a story of one name generating a family. Paisley rose sharply in American naming from 2010, and within a few years the registers held Baisley, Kaisley, Raisley and Jaisley — the same shape with the front consonant swapped. None of them descends from the Scottish town except the first. Jaisley appears in the 2010s. Its whole documented history sits inside one decade, and that is worth saying plainly.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. It is a modern American respelling on the pattern of Paisley, whose own name comes from the Scottish town, possibly from the Latin basilica, 'church'. The Jais- front is not documented as an element. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Jaisley
JAYZ-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Jaisley and Jaislee are said identically.
Nicknames for Jaisley
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
- 2014
- Most girls named
- 2025110 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1818reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +279.3%110 in 2025, from 29
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.
Jaisley in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Paisley in English — related form
- Jaislee in English — spelling variant
- Kaisley in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Jaisleys among us
people named Jaisley are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,612 born in 2025 was named Jaisley
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 Jaymee test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jaisley's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaymee climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaymee's path sketches the road Jaisley is walking now.
Jaisley is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jaisley is headed
Jaisley looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 46% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Jaisley beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jaisley in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Jai and Lee are two short forms, both real names in their own right.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It belongs to a documented and very recent American naming pattern.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- Paisley is far commoner and is the name it was built from.
- It will need spelling out every single time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jaisleys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Jaisley are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jaisley in 2025?
- Jaisley ranks #1818 among US girl names in 2025, with 110 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jaisley?
- About 1 in every 14,612 US girls born in 2025 was named Jaisley — 110 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jaisley with classmates?
- Jaisley will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jaisley
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