Given name

Aqsa

Aqsa is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Aqsa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Aqsa through the years

Babies since 1880
741
0 boys · 741 girls
Most popular year
2024
84 babies
2025
84
#2,196 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+191%
Rising fast
020406020002025Highest share 202552
Aqsa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1990–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inVirginia, Washington, California
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Virginia (7), Washington (6), California (22), Illinois (6), New York (10).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,196 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 190.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 820 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.

Aqsa’s family of names

Aqsa may belong to the same name family as AQSSA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Aqsa’s family in the name graph

AqsaAqsahAqssaAcsaAchsahAxaAksaAsca

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Aqsa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Anvika

42UncommonRising

>99% girls

Modern

Taissa

13Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Ariyah

Ariyah is a feminine given name.

63FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

African · Modern

Anaya

“one who looks up to God”

64FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Vaela

29RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Alayah

Alayah is a feminine given name.

62FamiliarRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Aqsa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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