Girls' name · since 1970
Ellisha
303 babies named Ellisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ellisha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 303 have been recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellisha has been recorded 303 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- #15,815 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 303 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellisha ranks #15,815 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 303 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 303
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ellisha's 303 recorded births place it above 78.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ellisha splits its recorded history at 1990: 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 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ellisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Ellisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (98 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Ellisha's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ellisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 98 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Ellisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ellisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1970–2016 (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 Ellisha 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.