Ellisha — girls' name
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.
32% of everyone ever named Ellisha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ellisha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Ellisha between 1970 and 2016, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ellisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellisha 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 303 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.
Ellisha at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ellisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1970
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
303 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 16 births in a single year.
Ellisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 98 births that decade — 32% of Ellisha's all-time total
Ellisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ellisha's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1970–2016 (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.