Elisha

#2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births · #788 for boys in 2025, 322 births
Given to boys 52.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#253
1883 · 42 births
Debut · boys
1880
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,668
since 1880

Elisha over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #373, 1980peak #253, 1883girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,85959#788322
2024#2,04095#846287
2023#2,35277#853283
2022#2,27782#820302
2021#2,26681#869266
2020#2,07888#841271
2019#1,745118#748319
2018#1,391161#827270
2017#1,580138#798286
2016#1,719123#782304
2015#1,743120#776305
2014#1,569138#732327
2013#1,420160#688348
2012#1,559140#733317
2011#1,571139#730311
2010#1,584138#659364
2009#1,538147#703342
2008#1,562147#630392
2007#1,298188#656365
2006#1,371167#627376
2005#1,362159#600377
2004#1,135201#599359
2003#1,242169#616337
2002#1,213166#602336
2001#1,177174#631300
2000#1,088190#653277
1999#1,066189#631284
1998#941219#670254
1997#982199#687234
1996#879224#698230
1995#870221#750204
1994#812247#792178
1993#786260#901142
1992#722296#902137
1991#711297#893139
1990#645348#960118
1989#599358#1,009103
1988#543402#1,04190
1987#479450#1,00988
1986#499428#1,04180
1985#452481#901101
1984#443468#815115
1983#409525#90894
1982#416540#853108
1981#400565#875103
1980#373624#832112
1979#398546#90693
1978#446444#92787
1977#465421#93782
1976#560300#1,04264
1975#660230#98469
1974#759184#1,19848
1973#830158#1,37637
1972#767181#1,23045
1971#882151#1,40037
1970#985127#1,33739
1969#1,13995#1,64225
1968#1,32470#1,69522
1967#1,21976#2,13914
1966#1,51554#1,58024
1965#1,26372#1,40530
1964#1,49757#1,40831
1963#1,52254#1,42630
1962#1,80740#1,34134
1961#2,03633#1,68623
1960#1,59749#1,48629
1959#2,28925#1,33734
1958#4,5208#1,37032
1957#3,15014#1,30036
1956#3,91010#1,28536
1955—#1,11444
1954#5,7535#1,12244
1953#4,2268#1,17040
1952#5,5635#1,15241
1951#4,3857#1,07045
1950—#98949
1949#3,6129#95852
1948#3,5939#1,07943
1947#4,3457#1,06446
1946—#1,01945
1945—#95446
1944—#96445
1943—#96948
1942—#1,00744
1941—#92547
1940#3,8636#84156
1939—#90447
1938—#99241
1937—#89648
1936—#88248
1935—#85853
1934—#79860
1933—#93745
1932—#81262
1931—#78763
1930—#75571
1929—#84460
1928—#79667
1927—#72680
1926—#75972
1925—#76674
1924—#79372
1923—#68289
1922—#65396
1921—#64799
1920—#79271
1919—#70479
1918—#78269
1917—#67479
1916—#65081
1915—#79158
1914#3,6185#81942
1913—#66745
1912—#62244
1911—#58427
1910—#56925
1909—#53024
1908—#82511
1907—#51121
1906—#61315
1905—#59216
1904—#41725
1903—#39325
1902—#42623
1901—#43319
1900—#35737
1899—#35526
1898—#33932
1897—#45918
1896—#40723
1895—#31633
1894—#34927
1893—#44817
1892—#35728
1891—#31828
1890—#35824
1889—#32229
1888—#28937
1887—#36620
1886—#28835
1885—#26838
1884—#27139
1883—#25342
1882—#28835
1881—#29629
1880—#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elisha was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elisha
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#846 → #788)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#841 → #788)
  • 12 spots since 2015 (#776 → #788)
  • Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1909 (#825 → #530)
  • Biggest drop: 314 spots in 1908 (#511 → #825)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #253 (42 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 113 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,491
  • Highest: 1 in 2,491 boys born in 1883 were named Elisha (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,305 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Elisha (3,461) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
  • Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s336#253 (1883)#293
1890s256#316 (1895)#371
1900s216#357 (1900)#510
1910s549#569 (1910)#686
1920s780#647 (1921)#746
1930s538#755 (1930)#862
1940s472#841 (1940)#978
1950s401#989 (1950)#1,191
1960s262#1,341 (1962)#1,581
1970s601#906 (1979)#1,134
1980s994#815 (1984)#928
1990s1,920#631 (1999)#788
2000s3,461#599 (2004)#632
2010s3,151#659 (2010)#747
2020s1,731#788 (2025)#836

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elisha in 1989

girls
#599
358 births · 1 in 5,150 girls
boys
#1,009
103 births · 1 in 19,426 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #599Elisha358

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,009Elisha103
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,150 of them was named Elisha, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisha
  1. #596Angie362
  2. #597Edith360
  3. #598Silvia359
  4. #599Elisha358
  5. #600Eleanor357
  6. #600Jenifer357
  7. #602Ashli356
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 19,426 of them was named Elisha, which outranked 89.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisha
  1. #1,002Mariano104
  2. #1,002Nicholaus104
  3. #1,002Samir104
  4. #1,009Elisha103
  5. #1,009Christoper103
  6. #1,009Greggory103
  7. #1,009Jarret103
  8. #1,016Brannon102
  9. #1,016Deante102
  10. #1,016Garett102

Tied with 6 names at #1,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →