Alisha

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A few things about Alisha you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Alisha

Alisha Lehmann

Swiss association football player

Choose Alisha and your child shares a first name with Alisha Lehmann, a Swiss association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Alisha, like who?” Alisha Lehmann's Wikipedia article is available in 42 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Ayrton Hernei, CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 8,780 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Alisha, 183 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Alisha would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAlisha first shows up in US birth records in 1948, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 77 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1987, when it ranked #118. Today it's #1,229, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAlisha was 3.5× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 2,540 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 8,780.
• 🍂TrendAlisha has slipped 136 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,229. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAlisha is most popular in Florida, where it ranks #462, followed by Indiana (#721) and New York (#790). It's in the top 1,000 in 4 states.

About the name Alisha

Alisha is a girl name of American, French and German origin. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-sha”. US birth records list Alisha for girls from 1948 to 2025, in 77 of those 78 years. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked #118 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,229, with 183 babies.

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