# Ayesha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayesha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,696 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,696 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,819, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Aisha.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 1,702 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,887 |
| 2013 | 123 | 1,695 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,472 |
| 2015 | 151 | 1,506 |
| 2016 | 178 | 1,331 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,416 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,463 |
| 2019 | 149 | 1,476 |
| 2020 | 146 | 1,469 |
| 2021 | 142 | 1,493 |
| 2022 | 171 | 1,364 |
| 2023 | 161 | 1,394 |
| 2024 | 166 | 1,369 |
| 2025 | 156 | 1,396 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 252 | 203 |
| 2012 | 237 | 211 |
| 2013 | 250 | 202 |
| 2014 | 290 | 182 |
| 2015 | 274 | 196 |
| 2016 | 262 | 204 |
| 2017 | 274 | 194 |
| 2018 | 193 | 252 |
| 2019 | 205 | 240 |
| 2020 | 181 | 262 |
| 2021 | 152 | 309 |
| 2022 | 167 | 273 |
| 2023 | 206 | 226 |
| 2024 | 220 | 217 |
| 2025 | 204 | 229 |

## People named Ayesha

- Ayesha Curry, Canadian actress
- Ayesha Durrani, Afghan poet
- Ayesha Erotica, American singer and musician
- Queen Gayatri Devi of Jaipuir, Co-Queen Consort of Jaipur (1940-1949) and Indian politician (1919–2009)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.