Aissatou
Feminine · “alive”
Aïssatou is the West African form of Aisha, extended with a suffix that Fulani and Wolof use to make a name affectionate. It is among the most-used women's names in Senegal, Mali and Guinea.
How old is the name Aissatou?
Aissatou first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Aissatou alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 900 people named Aissatou are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aissatou most popular?
Aissatou peaked in 2023, reaching #3091 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 486 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aisha to Aissatou
The story of Aissatou
Islam reached West Africa across the Sahara from the eleventh century, and the names came with it — Aisha, Fatima, Mariam. Fulani, Wolof and Bambara speakers then reshaped them with their own endings, producing Aïssatou, Fatoumata and Mariama. The French spelling with the diaeresis marks the separate vowels. It reaches American records with families from Senegal, Guinea, Mali and Ivory Coast.
Meaning
alive, living
From Arabic Aisha, built on a root meaning to live; the -tou ending is a West African affectionate suffix, the same one that gives Fatoumata and Mariatou their endings.
How the name formed
- Aisha
- Aïssatou
Related forms: Aisha · Aïssata · Aissata
Pronouncing Aissatou
ah-ee-sah-TOO
Four syllables with the stress at the end. The diaeresis separates the first two vowels; the ou is the oo of soon.
Nicknames for Aissatou
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 202353 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3091reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +10.5%42 in 2025, from 38
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aissatou in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aisha in Arabic — related form
- Aïssata in Wolof — spelling variant
- Aissata in Bambara — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Georgia, Ohio.
Aissatous among us
people named Aissatou are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Aissatou
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sachi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aissatou's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sachi climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sachi's path sketches the road Aissatou is walking now.
Aissatou sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aissatou is headed
Aissatou looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aissatou beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aissatou in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a documented Arabic origin and a genuinely West African form.
- Very widely used across French-speaking West Africa, so it has a large community.
- Aïssa is a complete short form in its own right.
- Nine letters and four syllables is a great deal for American forms and early handwriting.
- The diaeresis will be dropped, and English readers see ou and say ow.
- The stress falls at the end, which English speakers will not guess.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aissatous are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Aissatou are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aissatou in 2025?
- Aissatou ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aissatou?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Aissatou — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aissatou with classmates?
- Aissatou will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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