Areesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-REE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Areesha is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Areesha come from?
Arabic: used mainly in Pakistani families
Is Areesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Areesha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Areesha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Areesha, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Areesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Areesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Arisha 48
- Areesha 14
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Areesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Areesha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Areesha, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more girls named Areesha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Areesha in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Areesha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
- Arisha 49
- Areesha 11
Areesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
Names like Areesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Prisha Anaya Aisha Akshara Arshiya Advika Arya Haniya Aadhya Inaya Amira
Other spellings of Areesha
Names related to Areesha
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn 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, “Areesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/areesha, updated 20 October 2026.