Girls' name · since 2001
Alishba
540 babies named Alishba in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,809 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 540
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alishba currently ranks #9809 among girls' names in America, with 540 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Alishba recorded 540 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #9809 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #11,299 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,809 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 540 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alishba ranks #11,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,809 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 540 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,299 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,809 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 540
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alishba's 540 recorded births place it above 84.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Alishba compares
540 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Alishba's all-time total is 44% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alishba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 540 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alishba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alishba splits its recorded history at 2013: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alishba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Alishba by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (230 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Alishba's strongest decade.
230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alishba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
208 births
- 2010s
2010s
230 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 230 births (43% of all-time use).
How Alishba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alishba's total volume
Alishba by state
Where Alishba concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 97 | 18.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 18 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 13 | 2.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.9% |
97 of 540 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Alishba's data
- Alishba's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (230 total births) through the 2020s (102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Alishbas (97 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alishba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Alishba 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.