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 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#88 · 1 in 395
- Tennessee#88 · 1 in 431
- Nebraska#92 · 1 in 369
- Oregon#96 · 1 in 396
- Mississippi#105 · 1 in 477
Best ever in a state: #48 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #88 | 30 | 1 in 395 |
| Tennessee | #88 | 69 | 1 in 431 |
| Nebraska | #92 | 23 | 1 in 369 |
| Oregon | #96 | 41 | 1 in 396 |
| Kentucky | #105 | 43 | 1 in 488 |
| Mississippi | #105 | 27 | 1 in 477 |
| Alabama | #110 | 43 | 1 in 497 |
| Maine | #112 | 14 | 1 in 408 |
| New Mexico | #113 | 21 | 1 in 441 |
| Utah | #114 | 29 | 1 in 476 |
| Rhode Island | #116 | 11 | 1 in 475 |
| Oklahoma | #118 | 33 | 1 in 521 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 65 | 1 in 613 |
| Hawaii | #124 | 10 | 1 in 480 |
| South Dakota | #128 | 7 | 1 in 524 |
| New Hampshire | #130 | 10 | 1 in 585 |
| Washington | #130 | 52 | 1 in 592 |
| Michigan | #134 | 82 | 1 in 696 |
| Ohio | #136 | 95 | 1 in 715 |
| Colorado | #139 | 33 | 1 in 640 |
| Idaho | #141 | 10 | 1 in 545 |
| Wisconsin | #141 | 38 | 1 in 729 |
| North Dakota | #143 | 6 | 1 in 554 |
| Missouri | #147 | 41 | 1 in 754 |
| Indiana | #148 | 45 | 1 in 739 |
| Georgia | #149 | 52 | 1 in 794 |
| Massachusetts | #151 | 43 | 1 in 834 |
| Nevada | #153 | 12 | 1 in 606 |
| West Virginia | #153 | 12 | 1 in 697 |
| Florida | #154 | 89 | 1 in 844 |
| South Carolina | #154 | 24 | 1 in 787 |
| Iowa | #156 | 20 | 1 in 764 |
| Kansas | #156 | 19 | 1 in 702 |
| Minnesota | #156 | 32 | 1 in 824 |
| New York | #161 | 124 | 1 in 936 |
| Virginia | #163 | 43 | 1 in 849 |
| Pennsylvania | #164 | 74 | 1 in 925 |
| Connecticut | #169 | 18 | 1 in 992 |
| Louisiana | #175 | 26 | 1 in 911 |
| Maryland | #179 | 27 | 1 in 995 |
| Arizona | #193 | 28 | 1 in 935 |
| New Jersey | #206 | 35 | 1 in 1,301 |
| California | #292 | 163 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Texas | #300 | 78 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Illinois | #321 | 39 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| 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 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 994 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 99.0% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 399,482 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 14.1% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,385 names at #8,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.