Aesha
Girl · EYE-shah · Arabic
Aesha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Aesha mean?
Arabic: variant of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and an important early transmitter of hadith.
- Say it
- EYE-shah
Is Aesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Aesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Aesha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Aesha, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Aesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
Names like Aesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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