Unisex name · since 1993
Alishah
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Alishah, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,790 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alishah currently ranks #13790 among unisex names in America, with 72 babies recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Alishah recorded 72 times among girls since 1993, holding rank #13790 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, 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 1993 to 2025.
- #30,744 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,790 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alishah ranks #30,744 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,790 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,790 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alishah's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alishah compares
72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alishah's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alishah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alishah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alishah's full recorded timeline at 2003, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alishah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Alishah popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1997 (Alishah as boys' name)
Alishah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (44 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Alishah's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Alishah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 44 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Alishah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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 Alishah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Alishah 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.