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Malisha

Girl · ma-LEE-sha · Modern

Malisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Malisha come from?

Modern: Ma- with the -lisha ending of Alisha

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ma-LEE-sha

Is Malisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Malisha is a girls' name.

How popular is Malisha in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.

Half of all the girls named Malisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

1964Busiest: 43 in 19812024
Malisha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20245#15,288
20230–
20220–
20216#13,459
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20165#16,210
20150–
20140–
20130–
20125#16,863
20110–
20100–
20090–
20086#15,399
20079#11,626
20068#12,415
20058#11,828
200412#8,711
200310#9,666
20029#10,240
20019#10,095
200010#9,156
199914#6,830
199819#5,359
199720#5,006
199622#4,578
199514#6,252
19949#8,798
199322#4,518
199218#5,260
199113#6,582
199015#5,829
19899#8,031
198816#5,060
198721#3,980
198614#5,185
19859#6,952
198417#4,317
198315#4,685
198213#5,207
198143#2,305
198024#3,411
197919#3,902
197810#5,957
197723#3,266
197617#3,811
197515#4,139
197420#3,313
197317#3,634
197215#3,894
197114#4,121
19709#5,412
19695#7,469
19688#5,146
19670–
19666#5,808
19655#6,538
19645#6,766

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