Is Ailsa a boy or girl name?

Ailsa is a girl’s name. Of the 538 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Ailsa

Recorded 1918–2024 · United States

Ailsa was most popular in 2003, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #9,923 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 538 people named Ailsa.

Ailsa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ailsa’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ailsa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ailsa is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 538 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org