Ailsa
Meaning
from Ailsa Craig, the granite island in the Firth of Clyde
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ailsa has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
240 people · the #22,328 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 52
Among people named Ailsa living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Ailsa
Most people given the name Ailsa in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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