Aicha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Aicha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Aicha mean?
Arabic: French spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
French-influenced spelling of Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad, common in North and West Africa.
Is Aicha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aicha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aicha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Aicha, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aicha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Aicha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Aicha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,100th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Aicha, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Aicha in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aicha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,047 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like Aicha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Amina, Aisha, Zara, Sienna, Liyana, Fatima, Ava, Arabella, Anaya, Lyla, Amara
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Mohammad, Aaliyah, Amir, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa, Zainab, Dua
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aicha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aicha, updated 20 October 2026.