Ayasha
Girl · ah-YAH-shah · Arabic
Ayasha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ayasha mean?
Arabic: variant of Ayesha
“alive, living”
Variant of Ayesha, the name of Aisha bint Abu Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- ah-YAH-shah
Is Ayasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayasha is a girls' name.
How popular is Ayasha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 girls.
Ayasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Ayasha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Ayasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
Names like Ayasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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