Aissata
Girl · eye-SAH-tah · Arabic
Aissata is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Aissata mean?
Arabic: West African (Fula) form of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the most important early transmitters of hadith.
- Say it
- eye-SAH-tah
Is Aissata a girl's or a boy's name?
Aissata is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aissata in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Aissata, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aissata in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aissata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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