Girl's name
Aisha
Say it ah-EE-shuh
Arabic origin 3 syllables
Where Aisha is loved, common and rare
Rare in Britain, Sweden, Canada and 15 more places. Common across Moscow and Rostock.
1 in 581 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
England and Wales 106thSweden 135thOntario 155th
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Every place
In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them England and Wales (106th), Sweden (135th) and Ontario (155th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 106th 2025 | 436 | 1 in 581 |
| Sweden | 135th 2025 | 66 | about 1 in 609 |
| Ontario province | 155th 2024 | 71 | about 1 in 767 |
| Catalonia region | 156th 2025 | 28 | 1 in 688 |
| Munich city | 177th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 599 |
| Berlin city | 185th 2023 | 16 | about 1 in 906 |
| Austria | 213th 2025 | 29 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Italy | 216th 2024 | 89 | 1 in 2,013 |
| Ireland | 226th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Norway | 273rd 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,557 |
| Switzerland | 277th 2025 | 28 | 1 in 1,214 |
| Quebec province | 287th 2025 | 19 | about 1 in 1,369 |
| British Columbia province | 294th 2023 | 11 | about 1 in 1,087 |
| The Netherlands | 314th 2025 | 45 | about 1 in 1,356 |
| Israel עאישה | 317th 2024 | 62 | about 1 in 1,266 |
| France as Aïsha | 359th 2025 | 240 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Scotland | 387th 2025 | 8 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Poland | 396th 2025 | 7 | 1 in 17,113 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Moscow city Аиша | 42nd 2025 | 350 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
| Bonn city | 249th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,508 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Hungary and Slovenia.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Aisha comes from the Arabic 'A'isha, built on an Arabic root. Its best-known bearer is Aisha, the third wife of the Prophet Muhammad and daughter of the first caliph, Abu Bakr, a central figure in early Islamic history. No meaning is attested for the name itself.
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It has three syllables, ah-EE-shuh, with the stress in the middle. Aïsha is the French spelling, and Ayesha, Aicha, Aisa and Asha are among its many forms in other languages.
Aisha is widely used across Europe and North America, with its strongest showing in England and Wales, Ontario and Ireland, and further use in Sweden, Catalonia and Austria. In France it reached its highest point in 2025, and it is rising in more places than it is falling, so this long-established name is continuing to grow.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- ah-EE-shuh, 3 syllables
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Aicha
- Aisa
- Ajša
- Ayesha
- Ieesha
- Iesha
- Asha
- Aische
- Aisyah
- Aisza
- Aixa
- Ayşe
Counted together here: Aïsha.
Etymology
From Arabic 'A'isha (root '-y-sh); most famously borne by Muhammad's third wife, daughter of the first caliph Abu Bakr.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 9 of 20 regions, falling in 4.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| England and Wales | 87 | 90 | 92 | 102 | 100 | 121 | 107 | 116 | 109 | 106 |
| Scotland | 240 | 327 | 324 | 267 | 209 | 316 | 303 | 250 | 176 | 387 |
| Ireland | 273 | 341 | 361 | 247 | 315 | 299 | 317 | 279 | 372 | 226 |
| Ontario | 206 | 146 | 158 | 155 | 164 | 197 | 158 | 126 | 155 | |
| British Columbia | 413 | 518 | 675 | 458 | 322 | 326 | 547 | 294 | ||
| New South Wales | 79 | |||||||||
| Victoria | 92 | |||||||||
| South Australia | 163 | 121 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 357 | 445 | 475 | 330 | 496 | 287 | 432 | 322 | 474 | 287 |
| France | 694 | 646 | 600 | 492 | 432 | 496 | 414 | 326 | 338 | 359 |
| The Netherlands | 380 | 308 | 346 | 461 | 429 | 328 | 297 | 356 | 314 | |
| Austria | 208 | 218 | 302 | 262 | 231 | 314 | 205 | 209 | 169 | 213 |
| Switzerland | 338 | 444 | 286 | 413 | 404 | 547 | 378 | 319 | 376 | 277 |
| Berlin | 740 | 345 | 266 | 277 | 183 | 325 | 283 | 185 | ||
| Munich | 217 | 258 | 172 | 231 | 177 | |||||
| Cologne | 370 | 599 | 598 | 238 | 432 | 322 | 643 | 630 | ||
| Bonn | 512 | 221 | 168 | 264 | 392 | 380 | 98 | 249 | ||
| Leipzig | 375 | 411 | 189 | 378 | 191 | 186 | 112 | 222 | 212 | |
| Rostock | 197 | 187 | 158 | 92 | ||||||
| Norway | 123 | 144 | 149 | 196 | 193 | 212 | 177 | 240 | 184 | 273 |
| Sweden | 135 | 115 | 121 | 120 | 134 | 129 | 139 | 144 | 116 | 135 |
| Catalonia | 148 | 136 | 162 | 123 | 154 | 106 | 167 | 150 | 92 | 156 |
| Italy | 259 | 226 | 251 | 234 | 206 | 210 | 221 | 207 | 216 | |
| Poland | 241 | 356 | 374 | 507 | 337 | 307 | 349 | 346 | 359 | 396 |
| Moscow | 52 | 43 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 42 | ||||
| Israel | 205 | 212 | 199 | 194 | 291 | 304 | 234 | 296 | 317 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | 436 | 172.1 |
| 2024 | 109 | 442 | 171.3 |
| 2023 | 116 | 425 | 165.7 |
| 2022 | 107 | 469 | 178.0 |
| 2021 | 121 | 417 | 152.2 |
| 2020 | 100 | 508 | 189.3 |
| 2019 | 102 | 511 | 182.5 |
| 2018 | 92 | 568 | 197.0 |
| 2017 | 90 | 584 | 195.3 |
| 2016 | 87 | 626 | 203.8 |
| 2015 | 88 | 621 | 201.7 |
| 2014 | 76 | 711 | 231.8 |
| 2013 | 94 | 589 | 191.0 |
| 2012 | 87 | 647 | 200.9 |
| 2011 | 95 | 617 | 192.0 |
| 2010 | 96 | 620 | 193.1 |
| 2009 | 101 | 546 | 174.2 |
| 2008 | 105 | 544 | 172.3 |
| 2007 | 102 | 531 | 173.5 |
| 2006 | 111 | 477 | 159.4 |
| 2005 | 107 | 478 | 165.8 |
| 2004 | 122 | 443 | 155.0 |
| 2003 | 128 | 387 | 138.9 |
| 2002 | 115 | 397 | 148.5 |
| 2001 | 116 | 409 | 152.6 |
| 2000 | 125 | 376 | 137.6 |
| 1999 | 135 | 350 | 124.2 |
| 1998 | 131 | 360 | 124.5 |
| 1997 | 135 | 351 | 119.7 |
| 1996 | 139 | 328 | 110.8 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Aisha in France since 1925 were born in or after 2020. First recorded in 1981. Her peak year there: 2025, at 83.7 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Aisha per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Aisha
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aisha. Same first letter as Aisha.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha. Same first letter as Aisha.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha.
1 in 1,849 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha.
1 in 606 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Aisha.
1 in 852 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Aisha. Same first letter as Aisha.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Ariana.
1 in 1,112 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Aisha.
Middle names for Aisha
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Aisha Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Aisha Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Aisha Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Aisha Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Aisha slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Aisha slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Aisha Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Aisha Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Aisha Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Aisha Nora
3-2 beats · initials AN
Changes the beat after Aisha: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Aisha
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 606 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 658 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 1,849 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 1,025 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
1 in 1,415 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Aisha across countries and decades.
Famous people named Aisha
Aisha, Aisha Tyler, Aisha Gaddafi, Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Aisha Taymur, Aisha Hinds, Aisha Rateb and Aisha Ayensu.
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Muhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
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American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host born 1970
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Libyan colonel and lawyer born 1976
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Egyptian author and professor of literature (1913-1998)
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Egyptian social activist 1840 to 1902
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American actress born 1975
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Lawyer, politician and ambassador from Egypt (1928 – 2013)
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Ghanaian award-winning fashion designer
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Aisha
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Aisha?
Her best rank is No. 106 in England and Wales in 2025, about 1 in 581 girls. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Aisha?
ah-EE-shuh, with 3 syllables.
Is Aisha getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 9 of 20 regions, falling in 4.
Which sister names go with Aisha?
The deck's top five sisters for Aisha: Noor, Maryam, Amira, Amina and Leyla. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.