Lisha

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1960 · 275 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,388
since 1954

Lisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lisha has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #597, 1960girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024—
2023#12,1977
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2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016#14,3316
2015#13,0067
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2011#11,1819
2010#14,9596
2009—
2008#15,4056
2007#11,6309
2006#11,4179
2005#9,45211
2004#10,6909
2003#9,04811
2002#9,48210
2001—
2000#8,02712
1999#14,4115
1998#12,4266
1997#7,28312
1996#9,5818
1995#7,04112
1994#6,31914
1993#4,10025
1992#3,58130
1991#4,80820
1990#3,81327
1989#3,10434
1988#3,58526
1987#2,97232
1986#2,77934
1985#2,70435
1984#2,57436
1983#2,55235
1982#2,32742
1981#2,02851
1980#1,90456
1979#1,87456
1978#1,80456
1977#1,83255
1976#2,13540
1975#1,75653
1974#1,80149
1973#1,80547
1972#1,52661
1971#1,87746
1970#1,49067
1969#1,56158
1968#1,41863
1967#1,61749
1966#1,32067
1965#1,37964
1964#1,24678
1963#929129
1962#879143
1961#682231
1960#597275
1959#2,39523
1958#6,1035
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five girls were named Lisha! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1954–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lisha is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #801 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,452 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #781 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,718 girlsMINew York: #617 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 8,385 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedINOhio: #738 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,148 girlsOHPennsylvania: #724 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,961 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,045 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 17,265 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #615 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,951 girlsMOKentucky: #289 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,000 girlsKYWest Virginia: #341 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,899 girlsWVVirginia: #325 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,488 girlsVAMaryland: #329 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,741 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedARTennessee: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,034 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #419 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,047 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #423 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,724 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #254 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsLAMississippi: #383 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,817 girlsMSAlabama: #374 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,892 girlsALGeorgia: #407 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lisha, so not publishedHITexas: #603 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,670 girlsTXFlorida: #518 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,026 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#254 · 1 in 1,386
  2. Kentucky#289 · 1 in 2,000
  3. Virginia#325 · 1 in 2,488
  4. Maryland#329 · 1 in 2,741
  5. West Virginia#341 · 1 in 2,899

Best ever in a state: #250 in West Virginia, 1961.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#254281 in 1,386
Kentucky#289161 in 2,000
Virginia#325161 in 2,488
Maryland#329111 in 2,741
West Virginia#34161 in 2,899
Tennessee#348121 in 3,034
Alabama#374121 in 2,892
Mississippi#38391 in 2,817
Georgia#407131 in 3,426
North Carolina#419121 in 4,047
South Carolina#42371 in 3,724
Florida#518101 in 5,026
Texas#603201 in 5,670
Missouri#61551 in 8,951
New York#617201 in 8,385
Pennsylvania#72481 in 13,961
Ohio#73881 in 13,148
Michigan#78161 in 14,718
Illinois#80181 in 13,452
California#1,045101 in 17,265
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See more about Lisha
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 202 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 1,798 spots in 1960 (#2,395 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 317 spots in 1964 (#929 → #1,246)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1960 at #597 (275 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1960–1963
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,353
  • Highest: 1 in 7,353 girls born in 1960 were named Lisha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 48.5% of all girls named Lisha (1,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s33#2,395 (1959)#4,750
1960s1,157#597 (1960)#1,163
1970s530#1,490 (1970)#1,790
1980s381#1,904 (1980)#2,653
1990s159#3,581 (1992)#7,336
2000s77#8,027 (2000)#10,644
2010s38#11,181 (2011)#14,177
2020s13#12,197 (2023)#12,703

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.

Lisha in 1960

girls
#597
275 births · 1 in 7,353 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #597Lisha275
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 7,353 of them was named Lisha, which outranked 91.9% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lisha
  1. #594Elsa279
  2. #595Deena278
  3. #595Lorena278
  4. #597Lisha275
  5. #597Ilene275
  6. #597Rosalinda275
  7. #600Alfreda274
  8. #600Fay274
  9. #600Genevieve274

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

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →