Aaisha
Girl · aa-EE-sha · Arabic
Aaisha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Aaisha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha bint Abi Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was a major early source of hadith.
- Say it
- aa-EE-sha
Is Aaisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Aaisha, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 49 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were given Aaisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,274, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Aaishah 12
- Aaisha 10
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Aaisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 41 | #809 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 47 | #642 |
| 2001 | 34 | #783 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Aaisha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Aaisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Aaisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Aaliyah Aisha Abeeha Khadija Hafsa Halima Hiba Ayah Amina Humaira
Other spellings of Aaisha
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