Aisha
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning alive; living; woman.
Babies a year
436
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#337
up from #346
UK popularity
#106
436 babies · up from #109
How Aisha has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #493 |
| 2016 | #505 |
| 2017 | #550 |
| 2018 | #523 |
| 2019 | #531 |
| 2020 | #536 |
| 2021 | #507 |
| 2022 | #461 |
| 2023 | #379 |
| 2024 | #346 |
| 2025 | #337 |
In 2025, 436 babies in England and Wales were named Aisha. In the US, 559 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 1,540 in 1977.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Aisha was most common in 1980, when it went to 0.03% of American babies of that sex.
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