Meaning not yet researched.
Elisha: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 322 in 2025. Its best rank was #255 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #255 in 1883; #789 in 2025. About 85% of babies named Elisha in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#789 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #255.
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Elisha: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 322 boys in 2025. Peak: #255 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 392 (2008).
In 2025, 322 US boys were named Elisha, making it the 789th most common boys’ name of the year, up 57 places from #846 in 2024. That is 35 more than the 287 boys named Elisha in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #255, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 392, in 2008. For comparison, it was #776 in 2015 and #993 in 1950.
In 2025, 59 US girls were named Elisha, making it the 2,867th most common girls’ name of the year, down 822 places from #2,045 in 2024. That is 36 fewer than the 95 girls named Elisha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #373, reached in 1980. That year also had the most girls given the name: 624. For comparison, it was #1,745 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elisha in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 32 babies with the name. In all, 30,034 US babies have been given the name, 48% of them girls and 52% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 5,835 babies named Elisha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,910 US boys were named Elisha; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 322. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,305 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elisha ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #449 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Alicia (231,497 babies since 1880) and Eliseo (11,996 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elysha, Elesha and Ellisha are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eli and Lish.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elysha (728), Elesha (612), Ellisha (303), Elishah (260), Elaysha (186), Ilisha (104), Elaisha (103), Eleasha (77), Eleesha (66), Elasha (62), Ilesha (17), Elizha (13), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 11 | #449 | — |
| Alabama | 11 | #460 | #582 |
| Kansas | 7 | #479 | — |
| Kentucky | 9 | #493 | — |
| Tennessee | 15 | #504 | #437 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #558 | #829 |
| Oregon | 5 | #641 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #646 | #592 |
| Missouri | 8 | #672 | #684 |
| Florida | 23 | #689 | #523 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #701 | #852 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #716 | #1,216 |
| Texas | 38 | #723 | #864 |
| Indiana | 8 | #728 | #589 |
| Maryland | 6 | #733 | #552 |
| Virginia | 9 | #753 | #686 |
| Michigan | 9 | #789 | #1,125 |
| Colorado | 6 | #792 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #810 | #677 |
| Washington | 7 | #830 | #648 |
| New York | 16 | #853 | #804 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #854 | #558 |
| Arizona | 6 | #870 | #812 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #886 | #674 |
| Ohio | 8 | #966 | #520 |
| California | 19 | #1,091 | #1,175 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,169 | #1,222 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,867 | 322 | #789 |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,045 | 287 | #846 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,361 | 283 | #853 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,280 | 302 | #822 |
| 2021 | 81 | #2,272 | 266 | #869 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,086 | 271 | #843 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,751 | 319 | #749 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,397 | 270 | #829 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,583 | 286 | #799 |
| 2016 | 123 | #1,722 | 304 | #783 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,745 | 305 | #776 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,571 | 327 | #733 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,422 | 348 | #689 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,560 | 317 | #733 |
| 2011 | 139 | #1,574 | 311 | #731 |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,585 | 364 | #659 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,540 | 342 | #703 |
| 2008 | 147 | #1,563 | 392 | #630 |
| 2007 | 188 | #1,300 | 365 | #656 |
| 2006 | 167 | #1,371 | 376 | #627 |
| 2005 | 159 | #1,362 | 377 | #600 |
| 2004 | 201 | #1,136 | 359 | #599 |
| 2003 | 169 | #1,245 | 337 | #616 |
| 2002 | 166 | #1,215 | 336 | #602 |
| 2001 | 174 | #1,179 | 300 | #632 |
| 2000 | 190 | #1,088 | 277 | #653 |
| 1999 | 189 | #1,066 | 284 | #631 |
| 1998 | 219 | #942 | 254 | #671 |
| 1997 | 199 | #983 | 234 | #688 |
| 1996 | 224 | #880 | 230 | #698 |
| 1995 | 221 | #870 | 204 | #751 |
| 1994 | 247 | #816 | 178 | #795 |
| 1993 | 260 | #786 | 142 | #902 |
| 1992 | 296 | #723 | 137 | #904 |
| 1991 | 297 | #711 | 139 | #895 |
| 1990 | 348 | #647 | 118 | #961 |
| 1989 | 358 | #599 | 103 | #1,010 |
| 1988 | 402 | #543 | 90 | #1,041 |
| 1987 | 450 | #479 | 88 | #1,011 |
| 1986 | 428 | #499 | 80 | #1,045 |
| 1985 | 481 | #452 | 101 | #901 |
| 1984 | 468 | #443 | 115 | #815 |
| 1983 | 525 | #410 | 94 | #911 |
| 1982 | 540 | #417 | 108 | #857 |
| 1981 | 565 | #400 | 103 | #875 |
| 1980 | 624 | #373 | 112 | #832 |
| 1979 | 546 | #398 | 93 | #909 |
| 1978 | 444 | #446 | 87 | #929 |
| 1977 | 421 | #465 | 82 | #943 |
| 1976 | 300 | #561 | 64 | #1,043 |
| 1975 | 230 | #662 | 69 | #986 |
| 1974 | 184 | #759 | 48 | #1,203 |
| 1973 | 158 | #831 | 37 | #1,381 |
| 1972 | 181 | #767 | 45 | #1,236 |
| 1971 | 151 | #883 | 37 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 127 | #986 | 39 | #1,339 |
| 1969 | 95 | #1,144 | 25 | #1,656 |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,328 | 22 | #1,705 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,222 | 14 | #2,175 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,518 | 24 | #1,595 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,265 | 30 | #1,414 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,500 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,527 | 30 | #1,436 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,810 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1961 | 33 | #2,046 | 23 | #1,700 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,603 | 29 | #1,493 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,305 | 34 | #1,343 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,624 | 32 | #1,380 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,192 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,984 | 36 | #1,288 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,118 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,979 | 44 | #1,126 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,335 | 40 | #1,174 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,803 | 41 | #1,159 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,497 | 45 | #1,073 |
| 1950 | — | — | 49 | #993 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,696 | 52 | #959 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,672 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,478 | 46 | #1,068 |
| 1946 | — | — | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1945 | — | — | 46 | #956 |
| 1944 | — | — | 45 | #966 |
| 1943 | — | — | 48 | #973 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,013 |
| 1941 | — | — | 47 | #928 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,993 | 56 | #842 |
| 1939 | — | — | 47 | #905 |
| 1938 | — | — | 41 | #993 |
| 1937 | — | — | 48 | #900 |
| 1936 | — | — | 48 | #885 |
| 1935 | — | — | 53 | #862 |
| 1934 | — | — | 60 | #799 |
| 1933 | — | — | 45 | #939 |
| 1932 | — | — | 62 | #812 |
| 1931 | — | — | 63 | #790 |
| 1930 | — | — | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | — | — | 60 | #847 |
| 1928 | — | — | 67 | #799 |
| 1927 | — | — | 80 | #726 |
| 1926 | — | — | 72 | #760 |
| 1925 | — | — | 74 | #769 |
| 1924 | — | — | 72 | #794 |
| 1923 | — | — | 89 | #682 |
| 1922 | — | — | 96 | #655 |
| 1921 | — | — | 99 | #648 |
| 1920 | — | — | 71 | #795 |
| 1919 | — | — | 79 | #707 |
| 1918 | — | — | 69 | #784 |
| 1917 | — | — | 79 | #676 |
| 1916 | — | — | 81 | #652 |
| 1915 | — | — | 58 | #795 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,780 | 42 | #826 |
| 1913 | — | — | 45 | #671 |
| 1912 | — | — | 44 | #628 |
| 1911 | — | — | 27 | #588 |
| 1910 | — | — | 25 | #571 |
| 1909 | — | — | 24 | #534 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #843 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #519 |
| 1906 | — | — | 15 | #623 |
| 1905 | — | — | 16 | #599 |
| 1904 | — | — | 25 | #420 |
| 1903 | — | — | 25 | #395 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #427 |
| 1901 | — | — | 19 | #437 |
| 1900 | — | — | 37 | #362 |
| 1899 | — | — | 26 | #356 |
| 1898 | — | — | 32 | #340 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | — | — | 23 | #408 |
| 1895 | — | — | 33 | #321 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #351 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #452 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #360 |
| 1891 | — | — | 28 | #318 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #359 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #325 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #290 |
| 1887 | — | — | 20 | #368 |
| 1886 | — | — | 35 | #291 |
| 1885 | — | — | 38 | #268 |
| 1884 | — | — | 39 | #272 |
| 1883 | — | — | 42 | #255 |
| 1882 | — | — | 35 | #290 |
| 1881 | — | — | 29 | #297 |
| 1880 | — | — | 32 | #293 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).