UK girl's name
Ailidh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2018. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ailidh is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ailidh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2018 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4684, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2018, with 4 births.
This profile covers 7 England and Wales registrations across 2 recorded years from 1996 to 2018. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Ailidh is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 219 living people in the UK are called Ailidh. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2019 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ailidh ranked #4684 for girls in England and Wales in 2018, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2018, when 4 girls were registered as Ailidh.
- • Ailidh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #638 in 2024.
- • About 219 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ailidh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4684
2018
Births in 2018
4
Latest year
Peak year
2018
4 births
Estimated living
219
2026
Popularity
Ailidh over time
The chart below shows babies named Ailidh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2018. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ailidh, the clearest high point is 2018. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2018, compared with 4 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ailidh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ailidh was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4684 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990s | #3795 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Ailidh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ailidh. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Ailidh ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #638 in 2024.
Across the UK
Ailidh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#638 in 2024
38 years of NRS records, 214 total registered
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- Alexandra 19,455
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- Abbie 15,971
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FAQ
Ailidh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ailidh in the UK right now?
In 2018, Ailidh was ranked #4684 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Ailidh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2018, with 4 babies registered as Ailidh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ailidh in the UK?
A total of 7 babies have been registered as Ailidh across the 2 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 214 more in Scotland.
Where is Ailidh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ailidh ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #638 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.