# Elisheva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elisheva/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,459 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,459 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 261, 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 | 67 | 2,644 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,840 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,639 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,448 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,362 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,623 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,170 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,720 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2,408 |
| 2020 | 83 | 2,177 |
| 2021 | 61 | 2,793 |
| 2022 | 81 | 2,301 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,502 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,371 |
| 2025 | 97 | 1,983 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## 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.