Ayishah
Ayishah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Ayishah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayishah is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Ayishah
Ayishah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2010, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 6 births, good for #14,580 nationwide. Ayishah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ayishah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ayishah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Ayishah most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- United States29%
- Malaysia29%
- SA19%
- United Kingdom13%
- Pakistan9%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Ayishah
Phonetically similar names — useful when Ayishah is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Ayishah
Ayishah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Ayishah's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #14,580. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayishah'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.