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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#61 · 1 in 270
- Oklahoma#64 · 1 in 303
- Utah#65 · 1 in 325
- Arkansas#67 · 1 in 310
- Oregon#86 · 1 in 404
Best ever in a state: #48 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #61 | 35 | 1 in 270 |
| Oklahoma | #64 | 62 | 1 in 303 |
| Utah | #65 | 43 | 1 in 325 |
| Arkansas | #67 | 40 | 1 in 310 |
| Indiana | #86 | 71 | 1 in 463 |
| Oregon | #86 | 38 | 1 in 404 |
| Washington | #86 | 65 | 1 in 418 |
| Tennessee | #90 | 58 | 1 in 475 |
| Kansas | #93 | 34 | 1 in 426 |
| Michigan | #94 | 112 | 1 in 505 |
| New Hampshire | #95 | 14 | 1 in 428 |
| Mississippi | #97 | 29 | 1 in 474 |
| Idaho | #98 | 13 | 1 in 427 |
| Iowa | #98 | 31 | 1 in 515 |
| New Mexico | #99 | 20 | 1 in 474 |
| Nebraska | #100 | 20 | 1 in 476 |
| Colorado | #101 | 43 | 1 in 508 |
| Alabama | #105 | 41 | 1 in 520 |
| Kentucky | #106 | 41 | 1 in 511 |
| Louisiana | #106 | 50 | 1 in 564 |
| Maine | #106 | 14 | 1 in 435 |
| South Carolina | #107 | 32 | 1 in 554 |
| Rhode Island | #111 | 10 | 1 in 506 |
| Ohio | #115 | 105 | 1 in 647 |
| Montana | #119 | 8 | 1 in 486 |
| Missouri | #120 | 50 | 1 in 628 |
| Florida | #126 | 90 | 1 in 738 |
| North Carolina | #126 | 54 | 1 in 658 |
| Nevada | #127 | 9 | 1 in 564 |
| Wisconsin | #128 | 43 | 1 in 690 |
| Arizona | #129 | 36 | 1 in 651 |
| District of Columbia | #133 | 10 | 1 in 565 |
| Pennsylvania | #138 | 91 | 1 in 755 |
| Georgia | #139 | 50 | 1 in 754 |
| New Jersey | #140 | 55 | 1 in 763 |
| Virginia | #143 | 42 | 1 in 803 |
| Minnesota | #152 | 31 | 1 in 893 |
| New York | #156 | 123 | 1 in 882 |
| Connecticut | #159 | 20 | 1 in 866 |
| California | #164 | 230 | 1 in 903 |
| Massachusetts | #170 | 36 | 1 in 975 |
| North Dakota | #172 | 5 | 1 in 852 |
| South Dakota | #172 | 5 | 1 in 812 |
| Maryland | #174 | 25 | 1 in 981 |
| Illinois | #181 | 67 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Alaska | #193 | 5 | 1 in 743 |
| Texas | #202 | 118 | 1 in 1,116 |
| Hawaii | #219 | 6 | 1 in 813 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 767 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 99.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 263,074 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 31.9% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,853Zenon8
- #4,853Zohaib8
- #4,853Zuriel8
- #5,332Alisha7
- #5,332Aaren7
- #5,332Abdurrahman7
- #5,332Abed7
- #5,926Aaric6
- #5,926Aarin6
- #5,926Abayomi6
Tied with 593 names at #5,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.