Aissatou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-SAH-too
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Aissatou is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Aissatou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and an important early transmitter of hadith.
Is Aissatou a girl's or a boy's name?
Aissatou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aissatou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Aissatou, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aissatou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Aissatou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Aissatou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Aissatou, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Aissatou in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aissatou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Aissatou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Amira, Hafsa, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Hiba, Aaminah
Names related to Aissatou
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Aissatou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aissatou, updated 20 October 2026.