Ayesha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ayesha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ayesha: Recorded since 1990, it reached #165 in 1996, and it stood at #495 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#165highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#165
1997	#199
1998	#204
1999	#188
2000	#199
2001	#194
2002	#193
2003	#208
2004	#235
2005	#232
2006	#208
2007	#187
2008	#203
2009	#216
2010	#205
2011	#203
2012	#211
2013	#202
2014	#182
2015	#196
2016	#204
2017	#194
2018	#252
2019	#240
2020	#262
2021	#309
2022	#273
2023	#226
2024	#217

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2025: #495 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #165 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ayesha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 195 births with the name.

Ayesha across 3 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.

Ayesha'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#517 (1990)	#340 (2011)	#718 (2025)	29 of 36	195 (1990–2025)	14 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#165 (1996)	#165 (1996)	#217 (2024)	29 of 29	6,615 (1996–2024)	290 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#358 (1997)	#419 (2009)	2 of 13	6 (1997–2009)	3 (1997)

Ayesha by decade in England and Wales · 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 Ayesha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	937	4 of 10	234
2000s	2,272	10 of 10	227
2010sbusiest	2,480	10 of 10	248
2020s	926	5 of 10	185

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 248 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 81, from 274 to 193.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ayesha appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #165 in England and Wales in 1996.

Ayesha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#217	220	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#226	206	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#273	167	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#309	152	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#262	181	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#240	205	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#252	193	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#194	274	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#204	262	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#196	274	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#182	290	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#202	250	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#211	237	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#203	252	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#205	243	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#216	234	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#203	253	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#187	289	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#208	232	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#232	199	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#235	195	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#208	224	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#193	223	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#194	213	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#199	210	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#188	234	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#204	212	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#199	220	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#165	271	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#495	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#295	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #165, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 290 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Liana · #166, 34y
Teo · #164, 28y
Aya · #154, 35y
Livia · #177, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caden · #165, 28y
Colby · #165, 30y
Elli · #165, 30y
Marshall · #165, 29y

Ayesha was ranked #165 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. 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.

Ayesha 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ayesha without appearing here.

Ayesha moved ahead of

Audrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #661 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #420 and #905.
Sinead Compare
In 2021 they stood at #661 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #420 and #905.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #612 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #494 and #896.
Christine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #494 and #896.

Moved ahead of Ayesha

Charlie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #362 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #834 and #315.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #476 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #394 and #220.
Fiadh Compare
In 2007 they stood at #468 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #501 and #341.
Alyssa Compare
In 1999 they stood at #393 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #465 and #352.

Moved the opposite way to Ayesha

Daisy Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 while Daisy went from #450 to #43.
Ellie Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 while Ellie went from #450 to #15.
Georgia Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 while Georgia went from #374 to #91.
Heidi Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 while Heidi went from #450 to #91.

Moved the same way as Ayesha

Bethany Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 and Bethany from #350 to #544.
May Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 and May from #502 to #718.
Taylor Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #502 to #718 and Taylor from #220 to #443.
Denise Compare
Between 1990 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ayesha went from #517 to #834 and Denise from #41 to #834.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #165 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayesha

Ayesha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayesha across 3 official records

Ayesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayesha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ayesha at a glance

Ayesha across 3 official records

Ayesha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ayesha appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ayesha

Ayesha and the names beside it

Ayesha moved ahead of

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