Ansley Girl
How popular is Ansley?
#1,309 girl name in 2025
170 baby girls were named Ansley in the US in 2025, making it the 1309th most popular girl name.
Ansley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,309 for girls (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 170 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #618 in 2015, #953 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (470 girls) |
| Highest rank | #616 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ansley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ainsley family of names ranked #322 for girls in 2025 (#401 the year before), with 1,012 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ainsley | 621 | 61% |
| Ansley | 170 | 17% |
| Ainslee | 47 | 5% |
| Ansleigh | 36 | 4% |
| Anslee | 38 | 4% |
| Annsley | 18 | 2% |
| Ainsleigh | 18 | 2% |
| Annslee | 22 | 2% |
| Ainslie | 15 | 1% |
| Annsleigh | 5 | 0% |
| Aynsley | 17 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ansley is most popular
Babies named Ansley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.9 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Alabama: 0.9 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Georgia: 0.8 per 1,000 (174 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.5 per 1,000 (83 girls)
Ansley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66 | #3,951 |
| 1970s | 206 | #2,715 |
| 1980s | 557 | #1,476 |
| 1990s | 1,769 | #750 |
| 2000s | 3,891 | #656 |
| 2010s | 4,080 | #616 |
| 2020s | 1,309 | #953 |
Girl names about as popular as Ansley
Questions
- Is Ansley a boy or girl name?
- Ansley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ansley were girls.
- How popular is the name Ansley?
- 170 baby girls were named Ansley in the US in 2025, making it the 1309th most popular girl name.
- When was Ansley most popular?
- Ansley peaked in 2011, when 470 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #616 in 2011.
- How many people are named Ansley?
- 12,168 babies have been named Ansley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,956 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Ansley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ansley was most common in South Carolina, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.