# Alisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 57,127 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 131 / 56,996 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14,966, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A modern spelling variant of Alicia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 360 | 764 |
| 2012 | 307 | 866 |
| 2013 | 297 | 866 |
| 2014 | 305 | 891 |
| 2015 | 298 | 921 |
| 2016 | 269 | 987 |
| 2017 | 314 | 870 |
| 2018 | 276 | 956 |
| 2019 | 229 | 1,089 |
| 2020 | 223 | 1,093 |
| 2021 | 188 | 1,249 |
| 2022 | 223 | 1,111 |
| 2023 | 192 | 1,226 |
| 2024 | 212 | 1,140 |
| 2025 | 183 | 1,229 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 11 | 3,252 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,604 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,569 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,862 |
| 1980 | 10 | 3,845 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,299 |
| 1984 | 13 | 3,275 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,557 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,351 |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,980 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,212 |
| 1989 | 20 | 2,992 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,481 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6,843 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,419 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 510 | 115 |
| 2012 | 434 | 129 |
| 2013 | 316 | 165 |
| 2014 | 344 | 162 |
| 2015 | 272 | 199 |
| 2016 | 294 | 185 |
| 2017 | 240 | 217 |
| 2018 | 175 | 274 |
| 2019 | 188 | 256 |
| 2020 | 178 | 267 |
| 2021 | 143 | 331 |
| 2022 | 133 | 326 |
| 2023 | 118 | 358 |
| 2024 | 109 | 395 |
| 2025 | 113 | 376 |

## People named Alisha

- Alisha Klass, American pornographic actress
- Alisha Glass, American volleyball player
- Alisha Newton, Canadian actress
- Alisha, American singer
- Alisha Wainwright, American actress
- Alisha Inacio, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.