How rare is the name Alisha?

49,566 people in the United States have the first name Alisha, about 1 in 6,094. It ranks #907 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALISHA

#907

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,566
About
1 in 6,094
This common or more
68.6%
Who bears it

Of the 49,566 people named Alisha, 56.7% reported their origin as White, 20.3% as Black and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alisha peaked in 1989, when 2,457 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19482025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
2,457
In 2025*
183 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 57,127 babies have been given the name since 1948. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alisha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #277. The largest share of babies named Alisha, 55.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#10,21514
1950s#6,09392
1960s#1,4531,473
1970s#5268,956
1980s#27721,827
1990s#41914,522
2000s#9296,015
2010s#1,6723,007
2020s#2,2161,221
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–8020.8%
Millennials 1981–9655.8%
Generation Z 1997–1216.9%
2013 and later5.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alisha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alisha has been most common in Utah (2.2×), Oregon (1.8×), and Washington (1.5×), and least common in Delaware (0.42×).

54,839 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alisha

#905 Johanna · 49,738#906 Celia · 49,709#908 Colby · 49,553#909 Marisol · 49,544

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alisha, most common first.

#1,148 Alissa · 34,758#1,187 Alisa · 33,213#2,842 Alysha · 8,140#3,331 Alesha · 6,367#5,098 Alisia · 3,445#6,222 Aleisha · 2,600#6,853 Alishia · 2,292#15,272 Allisha · 756

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