Alisha
Alisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 212 births. Its best rank was 118th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2120.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19892,437 births
- Best rank
- #118in 1987
- Since 1948
- 56,811people given the name
The story in the numbers
56,811 girls have been named Alisha in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 2,437 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 38%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alisha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | |
| 1950s | 92 | |
| 1960s | 1,473 | |
| 1970s | 8,918 | |
| 1980s | 21,751 | |
| 1990s | 14,511 | |
| 2000s | 6,010 | |
| 2010s | 3,005 | |
| 2020s | 1,037 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Alisha was the 123rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Alisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kasipeak 1988
- Alishiapeak 1990
- Natashapeak 1987
- Aleshapeak 1990
- Terricapeak 1990
- Shannelpeak 1986
- Shanellpeak 1990
- Amberpeak 1986
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.