Rank 2025
#1,396
among girls · ↓27 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
156
named Ayesha · -6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 10,303
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2016
178 babies
All-time total
6,696
#2,126 all-time among girls
First recorded
1950
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Ayesha is most popular
Girls named Ayesha per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.098 per 1,000.
Strongest in New York, Maryland, and New Jersey.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Ayesha born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Ayesha
Ayesha is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #1,396 in 2025 with 156 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1950, 6,696 American babies have been named Ayesha. Its peak came in 2016, when 178 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Ayesha stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
