Elisha
#2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births · #788 for boys in 2025, 322 births
Given to boys 52.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,668since 1880
Elisha over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,859 | 59 | #788 | 322 |
| 2024 | #2,040 | 95 | #846 | 287 |
| 2023 | #2,352 | 77 | #853 | 283 |
| 2022 | #2,277 | 82 | #820 | 302 |
| 2021 | #2,266 | 81 | #869 | 266 |
| 2020 | #2,078 | 88 | #841 | 271 |
| 2019 | #1,745 | 118 | #748 | 319 |
| 2018 | #1,391 | 161 | #827 | 270 |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 | #798 | 286 |
| 2016 | #1,719 | 123 | #782 | 304 |
| 2015 | #1,743 | 120 | #776 | 305 |
| 2014 | #1,569 | 138 | #732 | 327 |
| 2013 | #1,420 | 160 | #688 | 348 |
| 2012 | #1,559 | 140 | #733 | 317 |
| 2011 | #1,571 | 139 | #730 | 311 |
| 2010 | #1,584 | 138 | #659 | 364 |
| 2009 | #1,538 | 147 | #703 | 342 |
| 2008 | #1,562 | 147 | #630 | 392 |
| 2007 | #1,298 | 188 | #656 | 365 |
| 2006 | #1,371 | 167 | #627 | 376 |
| 2005 | #1,362 | 159 | #600 | 377 |
| 2004 | #1,135 | 201 | #599 | 359 |
| 2003 | #1,242 | 169 | #616 | 337 |
| 2002 | #1,213 | 166 | #602 | 336 |
| 2001 | #1,177 | 174 | #631 | 300 |
| 2000 | #1,088 | 190 | #653 | 277 |
| 1999 | #1,066 | 189 | #631 | 284 |
| 1998 | #941 | 219 | #670 | 254 |
| 1997 | #982 | 199 | #687 | 234 |
| 1996 | #879 | 224 | #698 | 230 |
| 1995 | #870 | 221 | #750 | 204 |
| 1994 | #812 | 247 | #792 | 178 |
| 1993 | #786 | 260 | #901 | 142 |
| 1992 | #722 | 296 | #902 | 137 |
| 1991 | #711 | 297 | #893 | 139 |
| 1990 | #645 | 348 | #960 | 118 |
| 1989 | #599 | 358 | #1,009 | 103 |
| 1988 | #543 | 402 | #1,041 | 90 |
| 1987 | #479 | 450 | #1,009 | 88 |
| 1986 | #499 | 428 | #1,041 | 80 |
| 1985 | #452 | 481 | #901 | 101 |
| 1984 | #443 | 468 | #815 | 115 |
| 1983 | #409 | 525 | #908 | 94 |
| 1982 | #416 | 540 | #853 | 108 |
| 1981 | #400 | 565 | #875 | 103 |
| 1980 | #373 | 624 | #832 | 112 |
| 1979 | #398 | 546 | #906 | 93 |
| 1978 | #446 | 444 | #927 | 87 |
| 1977 | #465 | 421 | #937 | 82 |
| 1976 | #560 | 300 | #1,042 | 64 |
| 1975 | #660 | 230 | #984 | 69 |
| 1974 | #759 | 184 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #830 | 158 | #1,376 | 37 |
| 1972 | #767 | 181 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #882 | 151 | #1,400 | 37 |
| 1970 | #985 | 127 | #1,337 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,139 | 95 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #1,324 | 70 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1967 | #1,219 | 76 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,515 | 54 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #1,263 | 72 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,807 | 40 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,285 | 36 |
| 1955 | — | #1,114 | 44 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,152 | 41 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,070 | 45 |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #958 | 52 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,064 | 46 |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #954 | 46 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #969 | 48 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | — | #925 | 47 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #841 | 56 |
| 1939 | — | #904 | 47 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #896 | 48 | |
| 1936 | — | #882 | 48 | |
| 1935 | — | #858 | 53 | |
| 1934 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1933 | — | #937 | 45 | |
| 1932 | — | #812 | 62 | |
| 1931 | — | #787 | 63 | |
| 1930 | — | #755 | 71 | |
| 1929 | — | #844 | 60 | |
| 1928 | — | #796 | 67 | |
| 1927 | — | #726 | 80 | |
| 1926 | — | #759 | 72 | |
| 1925 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1924 | — | #793 | 72 | |
| 1923 | — | #682 | 89 | |
| 1922 | — | #653 | 96 | |
| 1921 | — | #647 | 99 | |
| 1920 | — | #792 | 71 | |
| 1919 | — | #704 | 79 | |
| 1918 | — | #782 | 69 | |
| 1917 | — | #674 | 79 | |
| 1916 | — | #650 | 81 | |
| 1915 | — | #791 | 58 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #819 | 42 |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #584 | 27 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #393 | 25 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | — | #357 | 37 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #339 | 32 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #448 | 17 | |
| 1892 | — | #357 | 28 | |
| 1891 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1890 | — | #358 | 24 | |
| 1889 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1885 | — | #268 | 38 | |
| 1884 | — | #271 | 39 | |
| 1883 | — | #253 | 42 | |
| 1882 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1881 | — | #296 | 29 | |
| 1880 | — | #291 | 32 | |
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.
Where Elisha is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#387 · 1 in 5,631
- Washington#475 · 1 in 5,927
- Illinois#800 · 1 in 13,958
- New York#887 · 1 in 15,860
- California#940 · 1 in 17,973
Best ever in a state: #179 in North Carolina, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #387 | 5 | 1 in 5,631 |
| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 5,927 |
| Illinois | #800 | 6 | 1 in 13,958 |
| New York | #887 | 7 | 1 in 15,860 |
| California | #940 | 10 | 1 in 17,973 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Elisha
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #253 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1941
- 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%)
- 22.1% of all boys named Elisha (3,461) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 336 | #253 (1883) | #293 |
| 1890s | 256 | #316 (1895) | #371 |
| 1900s | 216 | #357 (1900) | #510 |
| 1910s | 549 | #569 (1910) | #686 |
| 1920s | 780 | #647 (1921) | #746 |
| 1930s | 538 | #755 (1930) | #862 |
| 1940s | 472 | #841 (1940) | #978 |
| 1950s | 401 | #989 (1950) | #1,191 |
| 1960s | 262 | #1,341 (1962) | #1,581 |
| 1970s | 601 | #906 (1979) | #1,134 |
| 1980s | 994 | #815 (1984) | #928 |
| 1990s | 1,920 | #631 (1999) | #788 |
| 2000s | 3,461 | #599 (2004) | #632 |
| 2010s | 3,151 | #659 (2010) | #747 |
| 2020s | 1,731 | #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 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 2,940 of them was named Elisha, which outranked 96.7% 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 18,511 of them was named Elisha, which outranked 87.2% 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).