NameTides

Aisha

Aisha was the #337 girls' name in the US in 2025 (910 babies), and #106 in England & Wales and #170 in Canada.

Aisha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aisha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandUSScotland
Aisha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#337 (910)#106 (436)#387 (8)—#226 (19)#170 (168)——
2024#346 (900)#109 (438)#176 (23)—#372 (10)#187 (152)——
2023#378 (814)#116 (422)#250 (15)—#279 (14)#195 (142)——
2022#463 (685)#107 (469)#303 (11)—#317 (13)#274 (108)——
2021#509 (611)#121 (414)#316 (11)—#299 (14)#241 (130)——
2020#536 (562)#100 (508)#209 (18)#333 (4)#315 (13)#236 (128)——
2019#535 (574)#102 (501)#267 (14)—#247 (19)#269 (121)——
2018#523 (598)#92 (568)#324 (11)#361 (4)#361 (12)#273 (119)——
2017#551 (562)#90 (580)#327 (11)#355 (4)#341 (12)#262 (123)——
2016#506 (618)#87 (617)#240 (17)—#273 (17)#307 (109)#79 (92)#93 (59)
2015#494 (650)#88 (610)#221 (19)#426 (3)#345 (14)#267 (124)#79 (91)#93 (51)
2014#562 (544)#76 (702)#191 (24)—#321 (15)#315 (106)#99 (67)—
2013#571 (508)#94 (584)#254 (16)—#216 (26)#259 (126)——
2012#582 (503)#87 (642)#278 (16)#451 (3)#414 (11)#292 (112)——
2011#638 (447)#95 (613)#213 (21)—#325 (15)#278 (120)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1977 at #175.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 580common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 890common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aisha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aisha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #286WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #114MNIllinois: #256ILMichigan: #457MINew York: #99NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #481INOhio: #230OHPennsylvania: #200PANew Jersey: #323NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #509CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #288VAMaryland: #212MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #331TXFlorida: #267FL
Aisha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#15571
Quebec2025#28619

Aisha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AishaCanadaGirls#170168
AishaEngland & WalesGirls#106436
A'IshaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
A'ishaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AishaIrelandGirls#22619
AishaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AishaNSWGirls—too few
AishaScotlandGirls#3878
AishaUSGirls#337910
AishaUSBoys—too few
AishaVICGirls—too few