Lisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Lisha come from?
Modern: short form of Alisha, Felicia or similar names
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Lisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lisha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Lisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Lisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lisha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1960, with 275 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Lisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,551 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,804 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,832 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,526 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 67 | #1,490 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,561 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,617 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,379 |
| 1964 | 78 | #1,246 |
| 1963 | 129 | #929 |
| 1962 | 143 | #879 |
| 1961 | 231 | #682 |
| 1960 | 275 | #597 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Lisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alisha, Sasha, Tanisha, Isha, Asha, Aisha, Zaisha, Misha, Krisha, Risha, Saba, Aysha
Names related to Lisha
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lisha, updated 20 October 2026.