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 1948 and has been recorded in 76 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 2,437 babies (rank #123 that year). In 2024 it was given to 212 girls (rank #1,137). 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.

56,942
Total babies (all years)
76
Years in the data
2,437
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
19486#4,660
19498#3,896
19516#4,842
19529#3,808
19539#3,959
19547#4,664
19558#4,379
195613#3,327
19579#4,206
195810#3,926
195921#2,521
196060#1,417
196150#1,598
196273#1,293
196396#1,114
1964120#964
1965157#787
1966137#856
1967169#755
1968239#620
1969372#506
1970420#481
1971528#406
1972560#382
1973590#360
1974682#325
1975791#296
1976932#254
19771,317#201
19781,377#188
19791,721#162
19801,854#151
19811,997#142
19822,015#145
19832,048#141
19842,293#123
19852,211#131
19862,236#125
19872,392#118
19882,268#126
19892,437#123
19902,342#135
19912,041#149
19921,855#163
19931,722#173
19941,497#200
19951,279#221
19961,163#240
1997990#289
1998857#341
1999765#374
2000715#401
2001684#417
2002711#409
2003685#439
2004685#446
2005625#490
2006500#585
2007554#551
2008476#648
2009375#760
2010352#782
2011360#764
2012306#871
2013297#866
2014305#891
2015298#920
2016269#987
2017313#873
2018276#956
2019229#1,089
2020223#1,093
2021187#1,254
2022223#1,110
2023192#1,226
2024212#1,137