Alisha

Where Alisha comes from

A modern spelling variant of Alicia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alisha
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #4,651 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Peak, #118
    2,392 babies named Alisha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #240.
  4. 1997
    Alisha Boe born
    Norwegian actress
  5. 1999
    Alisha Lehmann born
    Swiss association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alisha Lehmann · Swiss association football player, born 1999
  • Alisha Boe · Norwegian actress, born 1997
  • Alisha Chinai · Indian singer, born 1965
  • Alisha Klass · American pornographic actress, born 1972
  • Alisha Glass · American volleyball player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.