Aisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #121 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #337 for girls
Aisha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 121st for girls in the UK (444 babies) and 337th for girls in the US (910 babies).
What does Aisha mean?
Arabic
“alive, living”
Aisha bint Abi Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was a major early source of hadith.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 444 girls in the UK and 910 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 121st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 444 about 1 in 630 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 444 girls in the UK were named Aisha, making it the 121st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 103rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 726 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 671 girls in the UK were given Aisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #121 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 106th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#76).
Aisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 444 | #121 |
| 2024 | 461 | #119 |
| 2023 | 437 | #129 |
| 2022 | 480 | #118 |
| 2021 | 425 | #132 |
| 2020 | 530 | #103 |
| 2019 | 515 | #110 |
| 2018 | 583 | #100 |
| 2017 | 595 | #106 |
| 2016 | 634 | #102 |
| 2015 | 632 | #104 |
| 2014 | 726 | #87 |
| 2013 | 600 | #101 |
| 2012 | 661 | #97 |
| 2011 | 634 | #100 |
| 2010 | 634 | #104 |
| 2009 | 562 | #106 |
| 2008 | 559 | #112 |
| 2007 | 531 | #116 |
| 2006 | 494 | #121 |
| 2005 | 498 | #120 |
| 2004 | 452 | #130 |
| 2003 | 403 | #141 |
| 2002 | 417 | #130 |
| 2001 | 418 | #128 |
| 2000 | 392 | #136 |
| 1999 | 362 | #145 |
| 1998 | 381 | #139 |
| 1997 | 371 | #146 |
| 1996 | 342 | #144 |
How popular is Aisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 337th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 910 about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 910 girls in the US were named Aisha, making it the 337th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 536th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 1,540 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Aisha than any year since 1977.
Half of all the girls named Aisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Aisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #337 for this spelling alone.
Aisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 910 | #337 |
| 2024 | 900 | #346 |
| 2023 | 814 | #378 |
| 2022 | 685 | #463 |
| 2021 | 611 | #509 |
| 2020 | 562 | #536 |
| 2019 | 574 | #535 |
| 2018 | 598 | #523 |
| 2017 | 562 | #551 |
| 2016 | 618 | #506 |
| 2015 | 650 | #494 |
| 2014 | 544 | #562 |
| 2013 | 508 | #571 |
| 2012 | 503 | #582 |
| 2011 | 447 | #638 |
| 2010 | 417 | #687 |
| 2009 | 385 | #743 |
| 2008 | 386 | #762 |
| 2007 | 418 | #699 |
| 2006 | 413 | #684 |
| 2005 | 372 | #727 |
| 2004 | 415 | #658 |
| 2003 | 424 | #631 |
| 2002 | 407 | #627 |
| 2001 | 369 | #677 |
| 2000 | 341 | #691 |
| 1999 | 325 | #693 |
| 1998 | 398 | #603 |
| 1997 | 353 | #634 |
| 1996 | 413 | #564 |
| 1995 | 420 | #555 |
| 1994 | 354 | #625 |
| 1993 | 398 | #590 |
| 1992 | 407 | #573 |
| 1991 | 523 | #469 |
| 1990 | 410 | #566 |
| 1989 | 373 | #585 |
| 1988 | 361 | #570 |
| 1987 | 379 | #531 |
| 1986 | 372 | #545 |
| 1985 | 339 | #574 |
| 1984 | 368 | #524 |
| 1983 | 391 | #498 |
| 1982 | 481 | #446 |
| 1981 | 577 | #392 |
| 1980 | 619 | #375 |
| 1979 | 662 | #349 |
| 1978 | 820 | #282 |
| 1977 | 1,540 | #175 |
| 1976 | 541 | #379 |
| 1975 | 397 | #469 |
| 1974 | 248 | #625 |
| 1973 | 223 | #669 |
| 1972 | 107 | #1,073 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,755 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Names like Aisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Khadija, Summer, Aaliyah, Safa, Anaya, Maya, Amaya, Hana, Zainab, Amina, Layla
Other spellings of Aisha
Names related to Aisha
Aysha, Isha, Asha, Asia, Aaisha, Aaishah, Ayisha, Asiah, Aasha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana, 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, “Aisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aisha, updated 20 October 2026.