Ayesha is a distinctive choice, ranked #217 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ayesha in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#217
About the Name Ayesha
Ayesha is steadily gaining in popularity, up 45 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #165 in 1996, and it currently sits at #217. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ayesha is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ayesha
Unlikely. With around 220 UK babies named Ayesha per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ayesha in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ayesha is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 45 places over the last five years to #217 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Ayesha is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ayesha include: Ayesha Zafar β Ayesha Zafar is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for Pakistan.; Ayesha Siddiqa β Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani political scientist, and an author who serves as a research associate at the SOAS South Asia Institute.; Ayesha Faridi β Ayesha Faridi is an anchor for the Indian business news channel ET Now..
Ayesha does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Ayeshas in the wild.
220
UK babies named Ayesha (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 45 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ayesha
Likely around 1 other Ayesha in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ayesha
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ayesha Zafar is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for Pakistan. She has also played domestic cricket for Karachi, Sindh, Saif Sports Saga and State Bank of Pakistan.
Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani political scientist, and an author who serves as a research associate at the SOAS South Asia Institute. She previously served as the inaugural Pakistan Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center between 2004 and 2005.
Ayesha Yousef Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika, is a Scottish politician, political commentator and former political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.
Ayesha Durrani, also known as Aisha-i-Durani and Aisha Durrani (18th-century) was an Afghan poet, one of the wives of Timur Shah Durrani of the Durrani Empire. A number of her poems were compiled into a manuscript in 1882, and Durrani is credited with founding the first school for girls in Afghanistan.