Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alisha

#544 most common girls' name of all time · #1,015 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among girls
#544
Rank overall
#1,015 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
57,127
Since 2016
2,309
Peak year
1989 #123
Best rank
#118 1987
Girls Boys peak 2,457/yr
1960198020002020

Alisha first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 183 183 #1,230
2024 212 212 #1,143
2023 192 192 #1,228
2022 223 223 #1,111
2021 188 188 #1,252
2020 223 223 #1,096
2019 229 229 #1,090
2018 276 276 #958
2017 314 314 #874
2016 269 269 #988
2015 298 298 #922
2014 305 305 #892
2013 297 297 #868
2012 307 307 #869
2011 360 360 #764
2010 352 352 #782
2009 375 375 #762
2008 476 476 #648
2007 554 554 #552
2006 500 500 #585
2005 625 625 #490
2004 685 5 690 #447
2003 685 685 #439
2002 711 711 #409
2001 684 684 #418
2000 715 715 #401
1999 765 765 #374
1998 857 857 #341
1997 990 990 #289
1996 1,163 1,163 #240
1995 1,279 1,279 #221
1994 1,497 1,497 #200
1993 1,721 7 1,728 #173
1992 1,855 5 1,860 #163
1991 2,041 2,041 #149
1990 2,342 2,342 #135
1989 2,437 20 2,457 #123
1988 2,268 8 2,276 #126
1987 2,392 8 2,400 #118
1986 2,236 7 2,243 #125
1985 2,211 5 2,216 #131
1984 2,293 13 2,306 #123
1983 2,048 2,048 #141
1982 2,015 2,015 #145
1981 1,997 5 2,002 #142
1980 1,854 10 1,864 #151
1979 1,721 7 1,728 #162
1978 1,377 7 1,384 #188
1977 1,316 7 1,323 #201
1976 933 933 #254
1975 791 11 802 #297
1974 682 682 #326
1973 590 6 596 #361
1972 560 560 #382
1971 528 528 #406
1970 420 420 #481
1969 372 372 #506
1968 239 239 #621
1967 169 169 #757
1966 137 137 #857
1965 157 157 #790
1964 120 120 #967
1963 96 96 #1,117
1962 73 73 #1,302
1961 50 50 #1,610
1960 60 60 #1,429
1959 21 21 #2,585
1958 10 10 #4,139
1957 9 9 #4,475
1956 13 13 #3,470
1955 8 8 #4,673
1954 7 7 #5,059
1953 9 9 #4,196
1952 9 9 #4,097
1951 6 6 #5,322
1949 8 8 #4,223
1948 6 6 #5,187