Alishba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISH-ba
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Alishba is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Alishba come from?
Used mainly in Muslim families; root uncertain
Is Alishba a girl's or a boy's name?
Alishba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alishba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Alishba, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 147 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alishba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Alishba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 55 | #772 |
| 2013 | 69 | #647 |
| 2012 | 96 | #501 |
| 2011 | 105 | #458 |
| 2010 | 103 | #455 |
| 2009 | 107 | #443 |
| 2008 | 128 | #384 |
| 2007 | 114 | #400 |
| 2006 | 120 | #381 |
| 2005 | 147 | #319 |
| 2004 | 101 | #403 |
| 2003 | 56 | #586 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Alishba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Alishba, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Alishba than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Alishba in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alishba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
Names like Alishba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Aaliyah, Abeeha, Hafsa, Ayra, Khadija, Hiba, Aiza, Ayah, Amaya, Zainab
Names related to Alishba
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, “Alishba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alishba, updated 20 October 2026.