Ayisha
Girl · eye-EE-shuh · Arabic
Ayisha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Ayisha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Spelling of Aisha, the name of a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- eye-EE-shuh
Is Ayisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ayisha, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 33 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Ayisha since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Ayisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ayisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Ayisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Ayisha, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Ayisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
Names like Ayisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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