Alisha

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Alisha also refer as protected from God is a cognate of the Spanish-language feminine given name Alicia, a variant of the French/German-language name Alice, which comes from Old English Æthelhādas or Æðelhādas, meaning noble or nobility.

From Wikipedia

Alisha first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 206 babies (rank #161 that year). In 2024 it was given to 40 girls (rank #726). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alisha

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alisha yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,412
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
206
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991200#167
1992205#161
1993206#161
1994169#170
1995173#193
1996166#192
1997139#220
1998134#221
1999119#240
2000112#256
2001101#279
200294#298
200398#301
2004128#221
2005125#232
2006101#304
200788#352
200895#342
200979#389
201071#435
201170#444
201267#455
201362#490
201463#497
201564#491
201664#501
201765#488
201876#417
201943#677
202046#611
202138#751
202248#576
202363#453
202440#726