Aishah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Aishah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Aishah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha bint Abi Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was a major early source of hadith.
Is Aishah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aishah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aishah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Aishah, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 102 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Aishah since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aishah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. 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 Aishah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Aishah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 54 | #786 |
| 2015 | 58 | #742 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 57 | #752 |
| 2012 | 67 | #677 |
| 2011 | 68 | #647 |
| 2010 | 65 | #653 |
| 2009 | 55 | #722 |
| 2008 | 83 | #517 |
| 2007 | 63 | #624 |
| 2006 | 96 | #458 |
| 2005 | 94 | #439 |
| 2004 | 68 | #524 |
| 2003 | 91 | #428 |
| 2002 | 102 | #370 |
| 2001 | 73 | #461 |
| 2000 | 82 | #425 |
| 1999 | 82 | #427 |
| 1998 | 78 | #440 |
| 1997 | 82 | #436 |
| 1996 | 56 | #523 |
How popular is Aishah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Aishah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Aishah in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 girls in the US were given Aishah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Aishah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
Names like Aishah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aaminah, Farah, Sumayyah, Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Aakifah, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Hibah, Amira
Other spellings of Aishah
Names related to Aishah
Isha, Asha, Aaisha, Aaishah, Ayisha, A'Isha, Aisa, Ashia, Aissa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Aishah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aishah, updated 20 October 2026.