# Alishba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alishba/  
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 | 540 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 540 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,461, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 43 | 3,607 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,124 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,852 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,806 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,291 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,015 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,854 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,115 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,767 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,888 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,652 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,650 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,086 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,651 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,487 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 100 | 430 |
| 2012 | 94 | 475 |
| 2013 | 65 | 626 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,082 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,407 |

## 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.