# Elisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elisha/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈlaɪʃə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,034 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,668 / 14,366 (48% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,080, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (ʾĔlîšāʿ).

## 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 | 139 | 1,574 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,560 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,422 |
| 2014 | 138 | 1,571 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,745 |
| 2016 | 123 | 1,722 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,583 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,397 |
| 2019 | 118 | 1,751 |
| 2020 | 88 | 2,086 |
| 2021 | 81 | 2,272 |
| 2022 | 82 | 2,280 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,361 |
| 2024 | 95 | 2,045 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,867 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 311 | 731 |
| 2012 | 317 | 733 |
| 2013 | 348 | 689 |
| 2014 | 327 | 733 |
| 2015 | 305 | 776 |
| 2016 | 304 | 783 |
| 2017 | 286 | 799 |
| 2018 | 270 | 829 |
| 2019 | 319 | 749 |
| 2020 | 271 | 843 |
| 2021 | 266 | 869 |
| 2022 | 302 | 822 |
| 2023 | 283 | 853 |
| 2024 | 287 | 846 |
| 2025 | 322 | 789 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 117 | 395 |
| 2012 | 99 | 454 |
| 2013 | 83 | 505 |
| 2014 | 66 | 613 |
| 2015 | 62 | 656 |
| 2016 | 58 | 703 |
| 2017 | 68 | 616 |
| 2018 | 49 | 778 |
| 2019 | 46 | 806 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,416 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Elisha

- Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- Elisha Otis, Founder of Otis Elevator Co.
- Elisha Gray, American electrical engineer
- Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (1903-1995)
- Elisha Kent Kane, American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)
- Elisha P. Ferry, American politician (1825-1895)
- Elisha Collier, American inventor of the flintlock revolver
- Elisha M. Pease, American politician (1812-1883)
- Elisha Mathewson, American politician (1767-1853)
- Elisha Harris, American politician (1791-1861)
- Archie Manning, American football player (born 1949)

## 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.