Alisha

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 986 babies (rank #57 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

13,569

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

986

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Alisha

Alisha Lehmannassociation football player · b. 1999
Alisha Boefilm actor · b. 1997
Alisha Chinairecording artist · b. 1965

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	363	#128
1997	816	#71
1998	740	#74
1999	762	#72
2000	642	#84
2001	711	#75
2002	818	#64
2003	810	#66
2004	916	#62
2005	957	#57
2006	986	#57
2007	883	#72
2008	880	#75
2009	611	#96
2010	504	#114
2011	510	#115
2012	434	#129
2013	316	#165
2014	344	#162
2015	272	#199
2016	294	#185