Aishah — #8034 US girls' name
1,264 babies named Aishah in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Aishah was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Aishah in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aishah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,264 babies named Aishah between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aishah currently holds the #8034 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aishah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Aishah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Aishah in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aishah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,264 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aishah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aishah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2003)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #8034 among girls.
1,264 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 43 births in a single year.
Aishah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 313 births that decade — 25% of Aishah's all-time total
Aishah decade highlights
- Peak decade 313 births
- Runner-up 260 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aishah's strongest decade
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Aishah by state
Where Aishah concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 109 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 46 | 3.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
109 of 1,264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- California 3.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.3% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
- Florida 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.