THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Ayesha
Ayesha is a transcription related to Aisha, from an Arabic root about living. The spelling is also used in Urdu and Bengali. Its linguistic and religious history does not identify the religion or ethnicity of a person named Ayesha.
A PLACE IN THE 2024 RECORDS
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PSA counts exact spelling matches. This figure is not a count of all people with the name, and does not include related spellings.
See the full top ten ↗THE PUBLISHED SNAPSHOTS
A few years in the records
| Year | Registered births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Not listed in this top ten | — |
| 2022 | Not listed in this top ten | — |
| 2023 | 939 | #10 |
| 2024 | 933 | #5 |
Each linked year has its own source and reporting scope. A gap means no count is shown here, not zero births. No 2021 count is plotted.
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Follow the sources
- Mignot (2022), First names in Europe and in the Maghreb, Onoma 57 (opens in a new tab)
Scholarly onomastic overview explicitly lists Aisha with lively gloss; Ayesha spelling relationship separately sourced
- Behind the Name: Ayesha (opens in a new tab)
Transcription and Urdu/Bengali usage
- Behind the Name: Aisha (opens in a new tab)
Arabic living/alive meaning
- Philippine Statistics Authority — Most Common Baby Names of 2024 (opens in a new tab)
2024 registered-birth count and rank; exact spelling.