Ieshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
Ieshia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ieshia mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, is an important figure in early Islam.
Is Ieshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ieshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Ieshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 293 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Ieshia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ieshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,626 |
| 1992 | 111 | #1,439 |
| 1991 | 293 | #717 |
| 1990 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,893 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Ieshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Samira, Safia, Safiya, Samia, Aliya, Khadija, Aziza, Amira, Jamila, Summer, Aaliyah
Names related to Ieshia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ieshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ieshia, updated 20 October 2026.