Girls' name · since 1974
Eleisha
162 babies named Eleisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Eleisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 162 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleisha has been recorded 162 times among girls since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2009.
- #21,970 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleisha ranks #21,970 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Eleisha's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eleisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eleisha splits its recorded history at 1986: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eleisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2009
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Eleisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (83 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Eleisha's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Eleisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 83 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Eleisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2000s -- 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 Eleisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1974–2009 (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 Eleisha 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.