Aissa
Moulay Aïssa ben Idriss II was born in Fez, Morocco in the 9th century. He was the son of Idriss II and the descendant of both Idriss I and his brother Suleyman the sultan of Tlemcen. He was the governor of the region of Salé.
- Western African
Meaning & Origin of Aissa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Moulay Aïssa ben Idriss II was born in Fez, Morocco in the 9th century. He was the son of Idriss II and the descendant of both Idriss I and his brother Suleyman the sultan of Tlemcen. He was the governor of the region of Salé.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Western African
The Story of Aissa
American parents first put Aissa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1961, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 58 Aissas were born — ranking #2,275 that year. About 26% of every Aissa on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Aissa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 665 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aissa
Aissa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 665 births in the dataset. Aissa's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #2,275. Use the chart and map above to compare Aissa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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