How Many People Are Named Ayesha?
people named Ayesha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,172 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,696 babies named Ayesha in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
178 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of AISHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ayesha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ayesha alive today is about 25 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ayesha first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 2016, to 178 babies. In 2025, 156 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ayesha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #974, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,396.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,396 |
| Best rank | #974 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,573 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ayesha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ayesha were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,215 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ayesha was given 4.1 times as often in New York, 3.7 times in New Jersey and 2.3 times in Illinois.
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