Aqsa

What Aqsa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Aqsa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #289 vs #2,194 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aqsa?

US: Rising: up from #8008 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #775 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 84 girls got the name (#2194 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 19,134 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,613 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VA (0.21 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.21 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.14 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aqsa is #2194 in the US and #289 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aqsa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Acsa17 US
• Aixa12 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aqsa

Girls

• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Annie#182Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 7,476 babies; 1,690 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Celine#207“heaven”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025

For a brother

• Ismael#263Form of Ishmael, meaning “God hears, God will hear”^*
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aqsa’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.