Elisheva
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,981 for girls
Elisheva is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).
What does Elisheva mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elisheba.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Elisheva a girl's or a boy's name?
Elisheva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 97 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elisheva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Elisheva, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elisheva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Elisheva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Elisheva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,981st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 97 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Elisheva, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had the most girls named Elisheva of any year since it first appeared, in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Elisheva in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elisheva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,981 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Elisheva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Isabella, Ariella, Gabriella, Eliza, Arabella, Emilia, Fatima, Sienna, Ava, Eden, Eliora
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Elisheva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elisheva, updated 20 October 2026.