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

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Peak · girls
1987 · 2,392 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
56,996
since 1948

Alisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alisha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #118, 1987girls
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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
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2025#1,229183—
2024#1,140212—
2023#1,226192—
2022#1,111223—
2021#1,249188—
2020#1,093223—
2019#1,089229—
2018#956276—
2017#870314—
2016#987269—
2015#921298—
2014#891305—
2013#866297—
2012#865307—
2011#764360—
2010#782352—
2009#760375—
2008#648476—
2007#552554—
2006#585500—
2005#490625—
2004#446685#11,3565
2003#439685—
2002#409711—
2001#417684—
2000#401715—
1999#374765—
1998#341857—
1997#289990—
1996#2401,163—
1995#2211,279—
1994#2001,497—
1993#1731,721#6,8167
1992#1631,855#8,4355
1991#1492,041—
1990#1352,342—
1989#1232,437#2,98920
1988#1262,268#5,2008
1987#1182,392#4,9688
1986#1252,236#5,3327
1985#1312,211#6,5235
1984#1232,293#3,27013
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1982#1452,015—
1981#1421,997#6,2625
1980#1511,854#3,83810
1979#1621,721#4,8427
1978#1881,377#4,5547
1977#2011,316#4,5827
1976#254933—
1975#296791#3,24611
1974#325682—
1973#360590#4,5056
1972#382560—
1971#406528—
1970#481420—
1969#506372—
1968#620239—
1967#755169—
1966#856137—
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1962#1,29273—
1961#1,59850—
1960#1,41760—
1959#2,51721—
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1957#4,2029—
1956#3,32113—
1955#4,3768—
1954#4,6557—
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First appearance
1948

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 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,097 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,447 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #808 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,431 girlsMINew York: #591 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,928 girlsNYMassachusetts: #840 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,943 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #939 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,543 girlsPANew Jersey: #488 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,195 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,090 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 7,098 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,499 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #940 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,041 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedDEArizona: #914 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,770 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,072 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,796 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alisha, so not publishedHITexas: #1,381 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,327 girlsTXFlorida: #661 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,384 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#488 · 1 in 2,195
  2. New York#591 · 1 in 2,928
  3. Florida#661 · 1 in 3,384
  4. Kentucky#734 · 1 in 3,499
  5. Michigan#808 · 1 in 4,431

Best ever in a state: #48 in Wyoming, 1988.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#488161 in 2,195
New York#591291 in 2,928
Florida#661251 in 3,384
Kentucky#73451 in 3,499
Michigan#80891 in 4,431
Massachusetts#84051 in 4,943
Arizona#91461 in 4,770
Pennsylvania#93991 in 5,543
Virginia#94071 in 5,041
Georgia#1,07281 in 5,796
California#1,090261 in 7,098
Illinois#1,09781 in 6,447
Texas#1,381171 in 9,327
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1987 at #118 (2,392 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1964–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 727
  • Highest: 1 in 727 girls born in 1987 were named Alisha (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,783 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 38.2% of all girls named Alisha (21,751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s14#3,892 (1949)#4,272
1950s92#2,517 (1959)#3,953
1960s1,473#506 (1969)#991
1970s8,918#162 (1979)#306
1980s21,751#118 (1987)#133
1990s14,510#135 (1990)#229
2000s6,010#401 (2000)#515
2010s3,007#764 (2011)#899
2020s1,221#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 2019

girls
#1,089
229 births · 1 in 7,329 girls

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #1,089Alisha229
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 7,329 of them was named Alisha, which outranked 94.0% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alisha
  1. #1,083Nailah231
  2. #1,087Raylee230
  3. #1,087Rosalina230
  4. #1,089Alisha229
  5. #1,089Antonia229
  6. #1,089Emiliana229
  7. #1,092Kenya228
  8. #1,092Leilany228
  9. #1,094Dara227

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →