Ayisha — #9075 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ayisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 982 babies named Ayisha between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayisha currently holds the #9075 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ayisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayisha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayisha 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 982 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.