Aisha Girl
How popular is Aisha?
#337 girl name in 2025
910 baby girls were named Aisha in the US in 2025, making it the 337th most popular girl name.
Aisha popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #337 for girls (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 910 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #494 in 2015, #536 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1977 (1,540 girls) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aisha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aisha family of names ranked #270 for girls in 2025 (#260 the year before), with 1,222 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aisha | 910 | 74% |
| Asha | 160 | 13% |
| Aysha | 112 | 9% |
| Aishah | 16 | 1% |
| Aasha | 19 | 2% |
| Aaishah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aisha is most popular
Babies named Aisha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 2.3 per 1,000 (249 girls)
- New York: 1.6 per 1,000 (646 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.9 per 1,000 (223 girls)
- Ohio: 0.9 per 1,000 (202 girls)
- Maryland: 0.8 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Aisha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 33 | #4,375 |
| 1960s | 163 | #2,058 |
| 1970s | 4,643 | #175 |
| 1980s | 4,260 | #375 |
| 1990s | 4,001 | #469 |
| 2000s | 3,930 | #627 |
| 2010s | 5,421 | #494 |
| 2020s | 4,482 | #337 |
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Questions
- Is Aisha a boy or girl name?
- Aisha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aisha were girls.
- How popular is the name Aisha?
- 910 baby girls were named Aisha in the US in 2025, making it the 337th most popular girl name.
- When was Aisha most popular?
- Aisha peaked in 1977, when 1,540 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 1977.
- How many people are named Aisha?
- 26,960 babies have been named Aisha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,458 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Aisha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aisha was most common in Minnesota, at 2.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.