Ayisha
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 993since 1969
Ayisha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ayisha has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Ayisha! It came in at #4,723, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Ayisha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ayisha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 86 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #8,860)
- 454 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1977 at #2,381 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,436
- Highest: 1 in 41,436 girls born in 1977 were named Ayisha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 26.1% of all girls named Ayisha (259) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #4,723 (1969) | #4,723 |
| 1970s | 177 | #2,381 (1977) | #4,339 |
| 1980s | 259 | #2,651 (1980) | #3,544 |
| 1990s | 194 | #3,207 (1991) | #5,436 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,600 (2005) | #8,039 |
| 2010s | 128 | #7,031 (2013) | #8,879 |
| 2020s | 75 | #6,707 (2022) | #8,312 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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