Alisha — #1138 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 56,811 babies named Alisha between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alisha currently holds the #1138 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 2,437 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21,751 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,144 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alisha in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alisha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 56,811 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.