Recorded 1974–2009 Girls' name Peak 1980 137 births

Ayeisha — girls' name

137 babies named Ayeisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s471990s482000s31
1990s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Ayeisha was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

9 babies were named Ayeisha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ayeisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Ayeisha between 1974 and 2009, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayeisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ayeisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayeisha 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 137 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.

Ayeisha at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

137

Since 1974

36 years of records

Peak year

1980

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1974

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2009

Ayeisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1974

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1980)
9
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
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Ayeisha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
48 births that decade — 35% of Ayeisha's all-time total
1970s111980s471990s482000s31

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayeisha?
137 babies have been named Ayeisha since 1974. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1980 with 9 births.
When was Ayeisha most popular?
Ayeisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Ayeisha been used?
Ayeisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 36 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Ayeisha?
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, 1974–2009 (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.