Recorded 1974–2019 Girls' name Peak 2011 289 births

Ayasha — girls' name

289 babies named Ayasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s471980s451990s242000s872010s86
2000s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Ayasha was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

17 babies were named Ayasha in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ayasha

The Social Security Administration has registered 289 babies named Ayasha between 1974 and 2019, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayasha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ayasha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ayasha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayasha 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 289 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.

Ayasha at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

289

Since 1974

46 years of records

Peak year

2011

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1974

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2019

Ayasha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1974

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
17
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
05101520 20192014200920031994198219771974 7

Ayasha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
87 births that decade — 30% of Ayasha's all-time total
1970s471980s451990s242000s872010s86

Ayasha by state

Where Ayasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ayasha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 1.7%
Florida share of Ayasha's total US births 1.7%

5 of 289 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayasha?
289 babies have been named Ayasha since 1974. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2011 with 17 births.
When was Ayasha most popular?
Ayasha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 87 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Ayasha most popular?
The top states for the name Ayasha are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Ayasha been used?
Ayasha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 46 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Ayasha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ayanna, Ayana, Aya, Ayah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1974–2019 (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.