NameTides

Ayesha

Ayesha was the #1,396 girls' name in the US in 2025 (156 babies), and #229 in England & Wales and #671 in Canada.

Ayesha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ayesha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Ayesha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,396 (156)#229 (204)#429 (7)—#718 (4)#671 (45)
2024#1,369 (166)#217 (220)#295 (12)—#441 (8)#466 (65)
2023#1,391 (161)#226 (206)#395 (8)—#625 (5)#541 (54)
2022#1,362 (171)#273 (167)#418 (7)—#420 (9)#722 (38)
2021#1,491 (142)#309 (152)#485 (6)—#661 (5)#711 (41)
2020#1,468 (146)#262 (181)#370 (9)—#834 (3)#519 (57)
2019#1,474 (149)#240 (205)#376 (9)—#362 (11)#423 (77)
2018#1,461 (150)#252 (193)#275 (14)—#411 (10)#586 (52)
2017#1,416 (161)#194 (274)#409 (8)—#579 (6)#435 (75)
2016#1,330 (178)#204 (262)#356 (10)—#419 (10)#429 (79)
2015#1,504 (151)#196 (274)#318 (12)—#494 (8)#482 (67)
2014#1,471 (152)#182 (290)#365 (10)——#493 (65)
2013#1,695 (123)#202 (250)#387 (9)—#587 (6)#458 (70)
2012#1,886 (106)#211 (237)#370 (10)—#612 (6)#502 (60)
2011#1,701 (123)#203 (252)#317 (12)—#340 (14)#421 (76)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,362.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ayesha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ayesha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #462NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Ayesha (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#33338

Ayesha (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
AyeshaCanadaGirls#67145
AyeshaEngland & WalesGirls#229204
AyeshaIrelandGirls#7184
AyeshaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AyeshaScotlandGirls#4297
AyeshaUSGirls#1,396156