Alisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-sha
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #396 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,229 for girls
Alisha is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 396th for girls in the UK (118 babies) and 1,229th for girls in the US (183 babies).
What does Alisha mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alicia
“noble kind”
A respelling of Alicia, the Latinised form of Alice.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Alisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 girls in the UK and 183 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 396th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118 about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were named Alisha, making it the 396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,074 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 139 girls in the UK were given Alisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #358, up from #396 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 376th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#62).
Alisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #396 |
| 2024 | 116 | #411 |
| 2023 | 124 | #382 |
| 2022 | 139 | #349 |
| 2021 | 149 | #350 |
| 2020 | 183 | #280 |
| 2019 | 205 | #258 |
| 2018 | 194 | #277 |
| 2017 | 255 | #223 |
| 2016 | 317 | #191 |
| 2015 | 297 | #199 |
| 2014 | 379 | #166 |
| 2013 | 348 | #170 |
| 2012 | 476 | #136 |
| 2011 | 547 | #117 |
| 2010 | 549 | #117 |
| 2009 | 669 | #97 |
| 2008 | 959 | #78 |
| 2007 | 951 | #75 |
| 2006 | 1,074 | #60 |
| 2005 | 1,047 | #59 |
| 2004 | 981 | #63 |
| 2003 | 856 | #69 |
| 2002 | 864 | #67 |
| 2001 | 757 | #76 |
| 2000 | 681 | #88 |
| 1999 | 820 | #78 |
| 1998 | 780 | #79 |
| 1997 | 862 | #76 |
| 1996 | 379 | #133 |
How popular is Alisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,229th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 183 about 1 in 8,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were named Alisha, making it the 1,229th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,093rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 2,437 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer girls named Alisha than any year since 1967.
Half of all the girls named Alisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 girls in the US were given Alisha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #891, up from #1,229 for this spelling alone.
Alisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 212 | #1,140 |
| 2023 | 192 | #1,226 |
| 2022 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,249 |
| 2020 | 223 | #1,093 |
| 2019 | 229 | #1,089 |
| 2018 | 276 | #956 |
| 2017 | 314 | #870 |
| 2016 | 269 | #987 |
| 2015 | 298 | #921 |
| 2014 | 305 | #891 |
| 2013 | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 307 | #865 |
| 2011 | 360 | #764 |
| 2010 | 352 | #782 |
| 2009 | 375 | #760 |
| 2008 | 476 | #648 |
| 2007 | 554 | #552 |
| 2006 | 500 | #585 |
| 2005 | 625 | #490 |
| 2004 | 685 | #446 |
| 2003 | 685 | #439 |
| 2002 | 711 | #409 |
| 2001 | 684 | #417 |
| 2000 | 715 | #401 |
| 1999 | 765 | #374 |
| 1998 | 857 | #341 |
| 1997 | 990 | #289 |
| 1996 | 1,163 | #240 |
| 1995 | 1,279 | #221 |
| 1994 | 1,497 | #200 |
| 1993 | 1,721 | #173 |
| 1992 | 1,855 | #163 |
| 1991 | 2,041 | #149 |
| 1990 | 2,342 | #135 |
| 1989 | 2,437 | #123 |
| 1988 | 2,268 | #126 |
| 1987 | 2,392 | #118 |
| 1986 | 2,236 | #125 |
| 1985 | 2,211 | #131 |
| 1984 | 2,293 | #123 |
| 1983 | 2,048 | #141 |
| 1982 | 2,015 | #145 |
| 1981 | 1,997 | #142 |
| 1980 | 1,854 | #151 |
| 1979 | 1,721 | #162 |
| 1978 | 1,377 | #188 |
| 1977 | 1,316 | #201 |
| 1976 | 933 | #254 |
| 1975 | 791 | #296 |
| 1974 | 682 | #325 |
| 1973 | 590 | #360 |
| 1972 | 560 | #382 |
| 1971 | 528 | #406 |
| 1970 | 420 | #481 |
| 1969 | 372 | #506 |
| 1968 | 239 | #620 |
| 1967 | 169 | #755 |
| 1966 | 137 | #856 |
| 1965 | 157 | #787 |
| 1964 | 120 | #964 |
| 1963 | 96 | #1,113 |
| 1962 | 73 | #1,292 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
Names like Alisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Aisha, Amira, Halima, Aaliyah, Khadija, Aliya, Safa, Abeeha, Aysha, Safiya, Amina
Other spellings of Alisha
Names related to Alisha
Aliza, Alisa, Elisha, Ailsa, Alissa, Alizah, Alissia, Alaysha, Alise
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alisha, updated 20 October 2026.