Eleisha — girls' name
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.
51% of everyone ever named Eleisha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Eleisha in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eleisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 162 babies named Eleisha between 1974 and 2009, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eleisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eleisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eleisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eleisha 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 162 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.
Eleisha at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eleisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1974
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
162 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 11 births in a single year.
Eleisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 83 births that decade — 51% of Eleisha's all-time total
Eleisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Eleisha's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.