Paisley
Paisley is a distinctive choice, ranked #226 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Paisley in their class.
About the Name Paisley
Paisley has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 88 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #146 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Paisley is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Paisley in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #61, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Paisley
- Fiona Paisley — Fiona Kerr Paisley is a Scottish-born Australian cultural historian at Griffith University.
- Ian Paisley — Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Paisley
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Paisley
Almost certainly the only Paisley in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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