Thirty years of Aisha
Aisha in numbers
Aisha has held steady for thirty years: never fewer than 328 girls a year and never more than 702. Its biggest three-year fall came between 2018 and 2021, from 568 to 414. It ranked 139th in 1996, reached 76th in 2014 and ranks 106th now. On average it was given to 346 girls a year in the late 1990s, 455 in the 2000s, 603 in the 2010s and 448 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-0%438 to 436
- 5 years-14%508 to 436
- 10 years-29%610 to 436
- 20 years-8%475 to 436
- Since 1996+33%328 to 436
- Total, 1996 to 202514,654girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 106 · ONS · 438 in 2024
Rank 387 · NRS · 23 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | 436 | -0% | 1 in 653 |
| 2024 | 109 | 438 | +4% | 1 in 661 |
| 2023 | 116 | 422 | -10% | 1 in 683 |
| 2022 | 107 | 469 | +13% | 1 in 629 |
| 2021 | 121 | 414 | -19% | 1 in 736 |
| 2020 | 100 | 508 | +1% | 1 in 590 |
| 2019 | =102 | 501 | -12% | 1 in 621 |
| 2018 | 92 | 568 | -2% | 1 in 562 |
| 2017 | 90 | 580 | -6% | 1 in 571 |
| 2016 | 87 | 617 | +1% | 1 in 550 |
| 2015 | 88 | 610 | -13% | 1 in 557 |
| 2014 | 76 | 702 | +20% | 1 in 482 |
| 2013 * | 94 | 584 | -9% | 1 in 585 |
| 2012 | 87 | 642 | +5% | 1 in 553 |
| 2011 | =95 | 613 | -0% | 1 in 576 |
| 2010 | 96 | 614 | +13% | 1 in 574 |
| 2009 | 101 | 541 | +0% | 1 in 636 |
| 2008 | 105 | 540 | +4% | 1 in 640 |
| 2007 | 102 | 521 | +9% | 1 in 644 |
| 2006 | =111 | 477 | +0% | 1 in 686 |
| 2005 | =107 | 475 | +8% | 1 in 664 |
| 2004 | 122 | 439 | +14% | 1 in 709 |
| 2003 | 128 | 384 | -3% | 1 in 789 |
| 2002 | =115 | 397 | -1% | 1 in 731 |
| 2001 | 116 | 401 | +7% | 1 in 723 |
| 2000 | 125 | 376 | +7% | 1 in 784 |
| 1999 | 135 | 350 | -2% | 1 in 865 |
| 1998 | =131 | 356 | +1% | n/a |
| 1997 | 135 | 351 | +7% | 1 in 893 |
| 1996 | 139 | 328 | 1 in 963 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate