Meaning and history
From a Scots surname, originally taken from the name of a town near Glasgow, and perhaps ultimately derived from Latin basilica meaning “church.” It is also a word, derived from the same town name, for a type of pattern commonly found on fabrics.
20062006: 327 births, rank #825
2007: 491 births, rank #612
2008: 700 births, rank #450
2009: 1,023 births, rank #319
2010: 1,328 births, rank #238
20112011: 1,644 births, rank #194
2012: 2,924 births, rank #104
2013: 3,607 births, rank #80
2014: 4,501 births, rank #53
2015: 5,091 births, rank #45
20162016: 4,883 births, rank #46
2017: 4,958 births, rank #45
2018: 4,366 births, rank #52
2019: 4,280 births, rank #53
2020: 4,380 births, rank #49
20212021: 4,299 births, rank #52
2022: 4,056 births, rank #53
2023: 3,749 births, rank #56
2024: 3,554 births, rank #61
20252025: 3,508 births, rank #67
Paisley moved from #61 to #67 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 5,091 births.