Elishia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elishia

The Social Security Administration has registered 587 babies named Elishia between 1959 and 2008, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elishia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elishia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elishia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elishia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elishia 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 587 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.