Paislee
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- Celtic
Paislee is a name traditionally given to a girl of Celtic origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more Celtic baby names or search the full library by meaning.
About the Name Paislee
Paislee is a modern American spelling variant of Paisley (see separate entry on Paisley for the Scottish town etymology — referring to the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland, which was famous in the 19th century for its production of the iconic teardrop-shaped Paisley pattern). The Paislee spelling with the -ee ending is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The various spellings (Paislee, Paisley, Paisleigh) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Scottish town name. The Paislee spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form than the historical Paisley. The name's transition from surname/place-name to American first name accelerated through the 2000s and 2010s.
Paislee's American climb is very recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name has been used predominantly for girls. Notable contemporary bearers include various American influencers and reality-TV personalities. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the in-built Paisley pattern fashion-cultural anchor, the popular two-syllable -ee ending family (Paislee, Bailee, Hailee, Charlee), and the modern visual presence. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to invented modern American names. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — Paisy and the rare Lee (back-end shortening) each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Paisley, Paislee, and Paisleigh have their own SSA tracking. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially modern American invented.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Paislee
US Popularity History (2012–2025)
Annual US births named Paislee by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 1,132 girls named Paislee (girl rank #284 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #669 for girls (423 US births). That's 385 places below its 2016 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Paislee Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Paislee the strongest states are West Virginia, Kentucky, North Dakota.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #134 | 151 |
| 2 | Kentucky | #157 | 277 |
| 3 | North Dakota | #160 | 31 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #191 | 159 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #201 | 351 |
| 6 | Montana | #205 | 22 |
| 7 | Mississippi | #206 | 150 |
| 8 | Maine | #208 | 18 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | #211 | 174 |
| 10 | South Dakota | #215 | 23 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #982 | 180 |
| 2 | New York | #820 | 166 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #812 | 31 |
| 4 | Maryland | #655 | 71 |
| 5 | Illinois | #605 | 176 |
| 6 | Florida | #584 | 305 |
| 7 | Arizona | #583 | 105 |
| 8 | Texas | #572 | 553 |
| 9 | Colorado | #546 | 90 |
| 10 | Nevada | #524 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Paislee in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Paislee to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Paislee against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).