Recorded 1973–2018 Girls' name Peak 2004 34 births

Ayeesha — girls' name

34 babies named Ayeesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s101990s112000s82010s5
1990s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Ayeesha was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

8 babies were named Ayeesha in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ayeesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Ayeesha between 1973 and 2018, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayeesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayeesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ayeesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayeesha 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 34 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.

Ayeesha at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

34

Since 1973

46 years of records

Peak year

2004

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1973

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2018

Ayeesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1973

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2004)
8
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
456789 201820041997199019781973 5

Ayeesha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 32% of Ayeesha's all-time total
1970s101990s112000s82010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayeesha?
34 babies have been named Ayeesha since 1973. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2004 with 8 births.
When was Ayeesha most popular?
Ayeesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Ayeesha been used?
Ayeesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 46 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Ayeesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ayesha, Ayelet, Ayelen, Ayeza, 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, 1973–2018 (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.