Alisha Girl
How popular is Alisha?
#1,229 girl name in 2025
183 baby girls were named Alisha in the US in 2025, making it the 1229th most popular girl name.
Alisha popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,229 for girls (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 183 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #921 in 2015, #1,093 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1989 (2,437 girls) |
| Highest rank | #118 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alisha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alisha family of names ranked #926 for girls in 2025 (#889 the year before), with 233 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alisha | 183 | 79% |
| Alysha | 44 | 19% |
| Alishah | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alisha is most popular
Babies named Alisha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (136 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (142 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Alisha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | #3,891 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,516 |
| 1960s | 1,473 | #506 |
| 1970s | 8,918 | #162 |
| 1980s | 21,751 | #118 |
| 1990s | 14,510 | #135 |
| 2000s | 6,010 | #401 |
| 2010s | 3,007 | #764 |
| 2020s | 1,221 | #1,093 |
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Questions
- Is Alisha a boy or girl name?
- Alisha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alisha were girls.
- How popular is the name Alisha?
- 183 baby girls were named Alisha in the US in 2025, making it the 1229th most popular girl name.
- When was Alisha most popular?
- Alisha peaked in 1989, when 2,437 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #118 in 1987.
- How many people are named Alisha?
- 57,127 babies have been named Alisha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 55,594 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Alisha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alisha was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.