Aisha

femaleArabic

Commonly interpreted as 'living' or 'she who lives', from the Arabic root for 'to live'.

Origin: Arabic

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #76 in England and Wales in 2014. See regions.

Aisha: Recorded since 1965, it reached #76 in 2014, and it stood at #106 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
131times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#76highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

eye-EE-shə/aɪˈiːʃə/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Arabic
Meaning: Commonly interpreted as 'living' or 'she who lives', from the Arabic root for 'to live'.
Pronunciation: eye-EE-shə
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Arabic

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#139
1997	#135
1998	#131
1999	#135
2000	#125
2001	#116
2002	#115
2003	#128
2004	#122
2005	#107
2006	#111
2007	#102
2008	#105
2009	#101
2010	#96
2011	#95
2012	#87
2013	#94
2014	#76
2015	#88
2016	#87
2017	#90
2018	#92
2019	#102
2020	#100
2021	#121
2022	#107
2023	#116
2024	#109
2025	#106

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 52 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2025: #106 among girls in England and Wales, #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #274 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #528 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #106 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Aisha appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 1,074 births with the name.

Aisha across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aisha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#528 (1965)	#123 (2016)	#274 (2025)	52 of 61	1,074 (1965–2025)	49 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1984)	#216 (2013)	#226 (2025)	34 of 42	389 (1984–2025)	26 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#139 (1996)	#76 (2014)	#106 (2025)	30 of 30	14,654 (1996–2025)	702 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#229 (1998)	#229 (1998)	#333 (2020)	11 of 23	41 (1998–2020)	6 (1998)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#99 (2014)	#79 (2015)	#79 (2016)	3 of 3	250 (2014–2016)	92 (2016)

Aisha by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aisha in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	34	5 of 10	7
1980s	143	10 of 10	14
1990s	168	10 of 10	17
2000s	234	10 of 10	23
2010sbusiest	367	10 of 10	37
2020s	124	6 of 10	21

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Aisha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #76, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 702 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1984, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Aisha was ranked #76 in England and Wales · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Darcey#72
Maria#73
Maryam#74
Brooke#75
Katie#77
Leah#78
Thea#79
Darcie#80

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Airah · #594, 11y
Aironas · #415, 11y
Aishah · #348, 30y
Aishat · #490, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amira · #79, 50y
Remy · #70, 55y
Casey · #61, 47y
Kiara · #49, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ashling · #76, 53y
Ine · #76, 63y
Nicolai · #76, 61y
Rossa · #76, 48y

Aisha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aisha without appearing here.

Aisha moved ahead of

Sharon
In 2012 they stood at #414 and #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #216 and #660.
Carol
In 2001 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #229 and #620.
Debra
In 2001 they stood at #415 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #229 and #620.
Emilie
In 2024 they stood at #372 and #342 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #226 and #608.

Moved ahead of Aisha

Mia
In 1973 they stood at #528 and #546 in Norway · Girls; by 1974 that had become #587 and #400.
Summer
In 2003 they stood at #282 and #348 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #372 and #238.
Freya
In 2022 they stood at #177 and #179 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #240 and #115.
Saoirse
In 1999 they stood at #229 and #301 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #282 and #163.

Moved the opposite way to Aisha

Anita
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 while Anita went from #6 to #459.
Anne
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 while Åse went from #49 to #93.
Aud
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 while Aud went from #54 to #427.

Moved the same way as Aisha

Ada
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 and Ada from #274 to #18.
Alma
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 and Alma from #362 to #8.
Andrea
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 and Andrea from #276 to #98.
Anna
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Aisha went from #528 to #274 and Anna from #74 to #23.

Meaning & Origin

Commonly interpreted as 'living' or 'she who lives', from the Arabic root for 'to live'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Arabic

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Aisha is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Aisha, between 1965 and 2025, in 52 of those 61 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1965–2025	52	#123 in 2016
Republic of Ireland	1984–2025	34	#216 in 2013
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#76 in 2014
Northern Ireland	1998–2020	11	#229 in 1998
New South Wales, Australia	2014–2016	3	#79 in 2015
Scotland	2024	1	#176 in 2024

Its high point came 26 years earlier in Northern Ireland (1998) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 8 years after 1965; it appears again in 1974.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

eye-EE-shə/aɪˈiːʃə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Aisha Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Aisha in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Aisha

Aisha at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aisha across 5 official records

Aisha by decade in Norway · Girls

Aisha appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Aisha

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Aisha and the names beside it

Aisha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aisha

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Moved the same way as Aisha

Meaning & Origin

Where Aisha is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Aisha Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Aisha at a glance

Aisha across 5 official records

Aisha by decade in Norway · Girls

Aisha appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Aisha

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Aisha and the names beside it

Aisha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aisha

Moved the opposite way to Aisha

Moved the same way as Aisha