Aisling
2025 SSA
About Aisling
Aisling is currently a very popular Irish name for girls. Pronounced variously as ASH-ling, ASH-lin or ash-LEEN, it was part of the revival of authentic Irish names in the twentieth century, and is now being sparingly used by U.S. parents in place of the dated Ashley--though often spelled phonetically as Ashlyn or Ashlynn.
An aisling is a poetic genre that developed in late seventeenth century Ireland, a type of patriotic-romantic poetry in which Ireland is addressed as a beautiful woman.
Pronounced ASH-ling.
As of October 2026, Aisling ranked #3782 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2555 in 2002.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,653 | 42 | 23.5 |
| 2015 | #3,345 | 48 | 26.9 |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | 27.7 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | #4,241 | 33 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | #4,074 | 35 | 20.9 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | 18.6 |
| 2021 | #3,440 | 45 | 27.4 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | 28.7 |
| 2023 | #4,045 | 36 | 22.4 |
| 2024 | #4,547 | 30 | 18.5 |
| 2025 | #3,782 | 39 | 24.3 |
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Aisling on lists
Famous Aislings
- Aisling Loftus
Irish,English actress
- Aisling Franciosi
Irish actress
- Aisling Sistrunk
American actress
- Aisling O'Sullivan
Irish actress
- Aisling Daly
Irish mixed martial artist
- Aisling Bea
Irish actress/comedienne
- Aisling Jarvis
daughter of Irish singer Moya Brennan
- Aisling Walsh
Irish director
Aisling in pop culture
- Aisling O'Connor
character in "Light a Penny Candle" by Maeve Binchy
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forest spirit in the 2009 animated film "The Secret of Kells"
- Aisling Grey
main character in Katie MacAlister's Guardian series
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main character in "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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Fey character in Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series
- Aisling 'Ash' McCarthy
main character in Ali Smith's "Like"
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character in the Irish animated TV series "Ballybraddan"
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character in Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters trilogy
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character in Marie Jones' "Stones in His Pockets"
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book by Peter Tremayne
- Aisling Kopp
character in James Frey's trilogy »ENDGAME«
- Aisling O’Dowd
character in TV series “Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope”