Recorded 1979–2014 Girls' name Peak 2002 334 births

Ayshia — girls' name

334 babies named Ayshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s221990s1352000s1362010s35
2000s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Ayshia was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

21 babies were named Ayshia in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ayshia

The Social Security Administration has registered 334 babies named Ayshia between 1979 and 2014, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayshia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ayshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ayshia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayshia 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 334 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.

Ayshia at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

334

Since 1979

36 years of records

Peak year

2002

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1979

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2014

Ayshia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1979

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2002)
21
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
0510152025 20142009200520011997199319891979 6

Ayshia by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
136 births that decade — 41% of Ayshia's all-time total
1970s61980s221990s1352000s1362010s35

Ayshia by state

Where Ayshia concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ayshia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
7 2.1%
Texas share of Ayshia's total US births 2.1%

7 of 334 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayshia?
334 babies have been named Ayshia since 1979. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2002 with 21 births.
When was Ayshia most popular?
Ayshia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 136 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Ayshia most popular?
The top states for the name Ayshia are Texas (7 births).
How long has the name Ayshia been used?
Ayshia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 36 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Ayshia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aysha, Aysia, Aysel, Ayse, 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, 1979–2014 (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.