The first name Aisha
A girl’s name from Arabic.
Pronounced /aɪˈiːʃə/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Arabic origin
From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 436 girls were named Aisha, making it the 106th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2014, with 702 births (#76).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aisha with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aisha at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 910 girls born in the United States were named Aisha, the 337th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1977, when 1,540 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Aisha in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Aisha in Finnish, Italian and Spanish too.
Nicknames and spellings
Famous people named Aisha
18 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Aisha TylerAmerican actress, comedian, director, and talk show host, born 1970
- Aisha Abd al-RahmanEgyptian author and professor of literature (1913-1998)
- Aisha HindsAmerican actress, born 1975
- Aisha MohammadzaiAfghan woman, born 1991
- Aisha BuhariFirst Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023
- Aisha DeeAustralian actress, born 1993
- A'isha bint TalhahEarly Islamic female Scholar, 700–719
- Aisha bint Ahmad al-QurtubiyyaAndalusian writer and poet, 1000–1009
- Aisha WahabAmerican politician from California (born 1987)
- Aisha Sultan BegumFirst wife of Emperor Babur, 1450–1600
- Aisha BoweBahamian-American aerospace engineer, born 1986
- Aisha Mohammed MussaEthiopian politician, born 1979
More Arabic girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Aisha mean?
- From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
- What is the origin of the name Aisha?
- From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
- How popular is the name Aisha?
- In 2025, 436 girls born in England and Wales were named Aisha, ranking 106th. Its peak was 2014, with 702 births.
- Is Aisha a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 26,960 US babies named Aisha since 1880 were girls.
- When was Aisha most popular?
- 1977 in the United States, when 1,540 babies were named Aisha, its highest rank at 175th.
- How do you pronounce Aisha?
- Aisha is /aɪˈiːʃə/, 2 syllables.
- What are other spellings of Aisha?
- Ayesha, Ieesha and Iesha.