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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

AishaIn Hebrew: עאישה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Aisha (Hebrew: עאישה) is a girl's name of international origin. 4,120 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 43 girls and ranked #316. Its peak year was 2019, with 91 babies.

People in Israel
4,120
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
43
rank #316
Peak year
2019
91 babies
USA, 2025
910
rank #337

Writing and saying Aisha

In Hebrew letters the name is עאישה, read right to left. Aisha is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Aisha by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Aisha: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Aisha in English-speaking countries

Aisha in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025910#3371977 (1,540)
United Kingdom2025444#1212014 (735)
England and Wales2025436#1062014 (711)
Scotland20258#3872014 (24)
Ireland202519#2292013 (26)
British Columbia202311#2941996 (13)
Alberta202527#1492024 (32)
Quebec202519#2872008 (27)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Aisha has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Aisha

How do you write Aisha in Hebrew?

Aisha is written עאישה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Aisha?

4,120 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עאישה: 4,120 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Aisha a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named עאישה are women.

Is Aisha used outside Israel?

The name Aisha appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 910 girls were given it in 2025 (#337), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 444 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.