How Many People Are Named Lisha?

2,188

people named Lisha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 156,208 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,388 babies named Lisha in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,356

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,547

See the top 100

Peak Year

1960

275 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: LISH-Ι™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of ALICIA, FELICIA, and other names ending with the same sound.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Lisha in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Lisha alive today is about 51 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 63 in 2025.

Under 30 157
7.2%
30 to 59 1,208
55.2%
60 and over 822
37.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Lisha first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 1960, to 275 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Lisha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #598, in 1960. In 2025 it ranked #14,212.

Girls
Rank in 2025#14,212
Best rank#598 (1960)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#989 in the 1960s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Lisha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lisha were born in California than in any other state: about 126 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lisha was given 3.6 times as often in Louisiana, 2.6 times in Virginia and 2 times in Texas.

California 126
Texas 99
Ohio 60
Louisiana 55
Virginia 43
Kentucky 42
New York 39
Georgia 39
Tennessee 29
Michigan 28
North Carolina 25
Alabama 25
Pennsylvania 23
Mississippi 22
Florida 21
South Carolina 20
West Virginia 19
Indiana 16
Illinois 16
Oklahoma 9
Maryland 9
Missouri 9
Minnesota 4

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