Ayisha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ayisha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #587 in 2005, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#587highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#1222
1997	#946
1998	#955
1999	#1261
2000	#764
2001	#1107
2002	#1530
2003	#1026
2004	#1012
2005	#1165
2006	#1983
2007	#1741
2008	#2292
2009	#1526
2010	#2104
2011	#1665
2012	#1893
2013	#2887
2014	#1966
2015	#2328
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2090
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2021	#2942
2022	#3148
2023	#2346
2024	#3695

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #587 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1165 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ayisha 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 Ayisha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	74	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	181	10 of 10	18
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Ayisha 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #587 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Ayisha'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#764	30	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#946	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #587, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 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.

Ayham · #1649, 19y
Ayhan · #1322, 17y
Ayla · #39, 35y
Ayla-Mae · #1556, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Azariah · #586, 24y
Sid · #584, 29y
Maliha · #583, 29y
Shayla · #583, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alishia · #587, 18y
Azariah · #586, 24y
Elyza · #588, 20y
Faizaan · #586, 29y

Ayisha was ranked #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Ayisha 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 Ayisha without appearing here.

Ayisha moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Ayisha

Mathilde Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2187 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #1497.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2040.

Moved the opposite way to Ayisha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Ayisha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ayisha went from #1222 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #587 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ayisha

Ayisha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ayisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ayisha at a glance

Ayisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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