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Ayesha

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Ayesha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 166 births. Its best rank was 974th, in 1979.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1660.01% of girls
Peak year
2016177 births
Best rank
#974in 1979
Since 1950
6,538people given the name
Babies named Ayesha, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

6,538 girls have been named Ayesha in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 177 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Ayesha
1950s6
1960s126
1970s846
1980s1,214
1990s1,093
2000s1,075
2010s1,392
2020s786

In 2016, its biggest year

Ayesha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Ayesha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.