Fun Facts About the Name Aysha
- More than 3 thousand babies named Aysha: U.S. records list 3,189 babies given the name Aysha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aysha Mean?
Aysha is a transliterated spelling of the Arabic feminine name ʿĀʾisha (عائشة), whose established meaning is "living" or "alive" - more loosely, "she who lives." It comes from the Arabic root ʿ-y-sh, which concerns living and life, and from the masculine form ʿāʾish ("living"). The literal sense is therefore a statement about being alive, not a symbolic or figurative one; the name has been understood that way since its earliest recorded use in Arabic.
Because Arabic script does not map one-to-one onto the Latin alphabet, the same name appears in English as Aisha, Ayesha, Aysha, A'isha, and other spellings. The Aysha form is a straightforward Latin-alphabet rendering, not a separate name with its own etymology. Its Turkish counterpart, Ayşe, developed independently in form while keeping the same Arabic source and meaning.
Aysha Name History & Origins
The name entered history through ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr (about 614 - 678), daughter of Abū Bakr, the first caliph, and a wife of the prophet Muhammad. Her role in early Islamic history - as a narrator of hadith and a figure in political events of the first century of Islam - made the name widely known, and it spread along with Islam through the Arabic-speaking world, Persia, South Asia, Central Asia, Anatolia, and parts of Africa.
The spelling Aysha belongs to that diffusion. In South Asian English and in many Muslim communities, Aysha and Aisha are used side by side, the choice of spelling usually reflecting local transliteration habits rather than a different origin. The Turkish form Ayşe shows how the name was reshaped by Turkish phonology after the spread of Islam into Anatolia, where the Arabic ʿayn was dropped and the vowels shifted.
The name has no separate documented history apart from this Arabic lineage; its use in English-speaking countries is part of the broader adoption of Arabic and Muslim names, and the Aysha spelling is simply one conventional way of writing it in Latin letters.
How Popular is the Name Aysha?
Aysha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,439 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,797 | 112 | 0.0070% |
| 2024 | #1,439 | 153 | 0.0095% |
| 2023 | #2,894 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2022 | #3,317 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,396 | 46 | 0.0028% |
| 2020 | #3,186 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #2,929 | 56 | 0.0033% |
| 2018 | #3,295 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 2017 | #2,875 | 58 | 0.0034% |
| 2016 | #2,834 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2015 | #3,215 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2014 | #2,657 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2013 | #3,129 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2012 | #2,809 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2011 | #2,914 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #3,014 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2009 | #2,569 | 72 | 0.0039% |
| 2008 | #2,588 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #2,420 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2006 | #2,188 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 2005 | #2,075 | 90 | 0.0049% |
| 2004 | #1,822 | 104 | 0.0057% |
| 2003 | #1,971 | 92 | 0.0050% |
| 2002 | #1,586 | 117 | 0.0065% |
| 2001 | #1,751 | 102 | 0.0057% |
| 2000 | #1,619 | 109 | 0.0060% |
| 1999 | #1,743 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 1998 | #1,923 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 1997 | #1,868 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 1996 | #1,618 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 1995 | #1,686 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1993 | #1,904 | 74 | 0.0041% |
| 1992 | #1,894 | 74 | 0.0040% |
| 1991 | #1,897 | 74 | 0.0039% |
| 1990 | #2,177 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 1989 | #2,223 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1988 | #2,332 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1987 | #3,435 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1986 | #3,138 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1985 | #3,630 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #3,433 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #2,724 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1982 | #2,776 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #4,548 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,073 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1979 | #3,917 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #4,264 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #3,489 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1976 | #3,101 | 23 | 0.0016% |
| 1975 | #4,381 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #6,959 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #6,136 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #5,504 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #5,157 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #6,419 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #6,685 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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