Girls' name · since 1978
Alisah
Alisah has 170 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alisah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 170 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Alisah recorded 170 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2012.
- #21,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alisah ranks #21,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alisah's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alisah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alisah splits its recorded history at 2000: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alisah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2012
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Alisah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Alisah's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Alisah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Alisah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alisah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alisah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.