Ayse
Girl · AY-sheh · Arabic
Ayse is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Ayse mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Aisha, written Ayşe
“alive, living”
- Say it
- AY-sheh
Is Ayse a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayse is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayse in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Ayse, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 36 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Ayse since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Ayse in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Ayse in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 36 | #963 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 28 | #990 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 30 | #867 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 32 | #787 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Ayse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Ayse, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Ayse than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Ayse in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayse in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
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