How Many People Are Named Alisha?
people named Alisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,169 people in the US has this name
Based on 57,127 babies named Alisha in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,457 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALICIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alisha in English. Counting Alisha and these spellings together, about 315,948 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alisha (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Alisha alive today is about 35 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 43 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Alisha first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 1989, to 2,457 babies. In 2025, 183 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
π Rank History
Alisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #118, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,229.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,229 |
| Best rank | #118 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #142 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Alisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alisha were born in California than in any other state: about 5,005 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alisha was given 2 times as often in West Virginia, 1.8 times in Mississippi and 1.8 times in Utah.
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