Given name & surname
Aissa
“one who is thankful”
Aissa is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is thankful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is thankful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 673
- 0 boys · 673 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,959 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,959 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 842 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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