Girl’s name · Arabic

Aysha

How to say it: AY-shuh · /ˈaɪʃə/

Variant of Aisha - Arabic 'alive, living', name of Prophet Muhammad's wife Aisha.

Aysha was the 286th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 112 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, its births are up about 38% in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #211 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#286for girls in 2025
1 in 2,814US babies
112born in 2025
#211projected for 2030
2000sits peak decade
1 in 118chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Aysha
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#286
Babies born in 2025112
Share of births1 in 2,814
Peak decade2000s
Change over 10 years+38%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#211
In France, 2025#207 among girls’ names, 60 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Aysha is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 50 per million births, 2000s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Ash
  • Aya

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Aysha is about 1 in 118.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French.

In France: #207 for girls in 2025.

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