Ayesha is a distinctive choice, ranked #229 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ayesha in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#229
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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 fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ayesha in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Ayesha
Ayesha Zafar โ Ayesha Zafar is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for Pakistan.
Ayesha Siddiqa โ Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani political scientist, and an author who serves as a research associate at the SOAS South Asia Institute.
Ayesha Faridi โ Ayesha Faridi is an anchor for the Indian business news channel ET Now.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ayesha
Unlikely. With around 204 UK babies named Ayesha per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ayesha in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ayesha has been fairly steady, ranked #229 in 2025 against #262 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #165 in 1996.
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, Ayesha Siddiqa and Ayesha Faridi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Ayesha does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Ayeshas in the wild.
204
UK babies named Ayesha (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 33 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ayesha
Almost certainly the only Ayesha in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
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 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.