Alisha
#1,229 for girls in 2025, 183 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 2,392 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,996since 1948
Alisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Alisha has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,229 | 183 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,140 | 212 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,226 | 192 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,111 | 223 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,249 | 188 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,093 | 223 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,089 | 229 | — | |
| 2018 | #956 | 276 | — | |
| 2017 | #870 | 314 | — | |
| 2016 | #987 | 269 | — | |
| 2015 | #921 | 298 | — | |
| 2014 | #891 | 305 | — | |
| 2013 | #866 | 297 | — | |
| 2012 | #865 | 307 | — | |
| 2011 | #764 | 360 | — | |
| 2010 | #782 | 352 | — | |
| 2009 | #760 | 375 | — | |
| 2008 | #648 | 476 | — | |
| 2007 | #552 | 554 | — | |
| 2006 | #585 | 500 | — | |
| 2005 | #490 | 625 | — | |
| 2004 | #446 | 685 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #439 | 685 | — | |
| 2002 | #409 | 711 | — | |
| 2001 | #417 | 684 | — | |
| 2000 | #401 | 715 | — | |
| 1999 | #374 | 765 | — | |
| 1998 | #341 | 857 | — | |
| 1997 | #289 | 990 | — | |
| 1996 | #240 | 1,163 | — | |
| 1995 | #221 | 1,279 | — | |
| 1994 | #200 | 1,497 | — | |
| 1993 | #173 | 1,721 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #163 | 1,855 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #149 | 2,041 | — | |
| 1990 | #135 | 2,342 | — | |
| 1989 | #123 | 2,437 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #126 | 2,268 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #118 | 2,392 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #125 | 2,236 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #131 | 2,211 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #123 | 2,293 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #141 | 2,048 | — | |
| 1982 | #145 | 2,015 | — | |
| 1981 | #142 | 1,997 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #151 | 1,854 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #162 | 1,721 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #188 | 1,377 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #201 | 1,316 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #254 | 933 | — | |
| 1975 | #296 | 791 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #325 | 682 | — | |
| 1973 | #360 | 590 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #382 | 560 | — | |
| 1971 | #406 | 528 | — | |
| 1970 | #481 | 420 | — | |
| 1969 | #506 | 372 | — | |
| 1968 | #620 | 239 | — | |
| 1967 | #755 | 169 | — | |
| 1966 | #856 | 137 | — | |
| 1965 | #787 | 157 | — | |
| 1964 | #964 | 120 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,113 | 96 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
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| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alisha! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Alisha is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#65 · 1 in 312
- Nevada#72 · 1 in 286
- Utah#75 · 1 in 349
- Kentucky#84 · 1 in 408
- Kansas#87 · 1 in 378
Best ever in a state: #48 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #65 | 39 | 1 in 312 |
| Nevada | #72 | 13 | 1 in 286 |
| Utah | #75 | 46 | 1 in 349 |
| Kentucky | #84 | 60 | 1 in 408 |
| Kansas | #87 | 38 | 1 in 378 |
| Arkansas | #95 | 30 | 1 in 432 |
| South Dakota | #100 | 12 | 1 in 392 |
| Louisiana | #102 | 64 | 1 in 457 |
| Oklahoma | #103 | 37 | 1 in 500 |
| Missouri | #105 | 60 | 1 in 538 |
| Montana | #105 | 11 | 1 in 425 |
| Oregon | #106 | 34 | 1 in 494 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 65 | 1 in 506 |
| Colorado | #111 | 40 | 1 in 466 |
| Georgia | #114 | 64 | 1 in 525 |
| Indiana | #114 | 65 | 1 in 557 |
| Mississippi | #114 | 32 | 1 in 487 |
| Idaho | #122 | 13 | 1 in 531 |
| Tennessee | #125 | 47 | 1 in 606 |
| Alabama | #127 | 40 | 1 in 573 |
| Rhode Island | #128 | 8 | 1 in 559 |
| Hawaii | #135 | 10 | 1 in 476 |
| Wyoming | #140 | 5 | 1 in 572 |
| Washington | #141 | 37 | 1 in 684 |
| Maine | #149 | 9 | 1 in 677 |
| Arizona | #158 | 26 | 1 in 687 |
| South Carolina | #158 | 25 | 1 in 690 |
| District of Columbia | #161 | 9 | 1 in 618 |
| Iowa | #161 | 24 | 1 in 821 |
| Michigan | #162 | 69 | 1 in 864 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 770 |
| Ohio | #174 | 76 | 1 in 949 |
| New Mexico | #180 | 12 | 1 in 722 |
| Pennsylvania | #181 | 66 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Virginia | #184 | 30 | 1 in 973 |
| Nebraska | #196 | 10 | 1 in 1,030 |
| Florida | #199 | 42 | 1 in 1,116 |
| Texas | #206 | 109 | 1 in 1,019 |
| Minnesota | #213 | 21 | 1 in 1,323 |
| Massachusetts | #235 | 21 | 1 in 1,460 |
| Illinois | #239 | 54 | 1 in 1,383 |
| California | #257 | 121 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Wisconsin | #276 | 15 | 1 in 2,039 |
| New Jersey | #283 | 22 | 1 in 1,691 |
| New York | #290 | 58 | 1 in 1,706 |
| Maryland | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,770 |
| Connecticut | #385 | 5 | 1 in 2,941 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alisha
- 89 spots since 2024 (#1,140 → #1,229)
- 136 spots since 2020 (#1,093 → #1,229)
- 308 spots since 2015 (#921 → #1,229)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1965 (#964 → #787)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2019 (#956 → #1,089)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1987 at #118 (2,392 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1964–2018
- Highest: 1 in 727 girls born in 1987 were named Alisha (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,783 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 38.2% of all girls named Alisha (21,751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | #3,892 (1949) | #4,272 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,517 (1959) | #3,953 |
| 1960s | 1,473 | #506 (1969) | #991 |
| 1970s | 8,918 | #162 (1979) | #306 |
| 1980s | 21,751 | #118 (1987) | #133 |
| 1990s | 14,510 | #135 (1990) | #229 |
| 2000s | 6,010 | #401 (2000) | #515 |
| 2010s | 3,007 | #764 (2011) | #899 |
| 2020s | 1,221 | #1,093 (2020) | #1,175 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alisha in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 933 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 98.6% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 245,934 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 31.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,403Zavier8
- #4,403Zeferino8
- #4,403Zion8
- #4,842Alisha7
- #4,842Abasi7
- #4,842Abdiel7
- #4,842Abed7
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
Tied with 512 names at #4,842; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.