Elisha**
#668 most common boys' name of all time · #1,497 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#668
Rank overall
#1,497 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
30,034
Since 2016
3,932
Peak year
1980 #832
Best rank
#257 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 736/yr
Elisha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | 322 | 381 | #788 |
| 2024 | 95 | 287 | 382 | #846 |
| 2023 | 77 | 283 | 360 | #853 |
| 2022 | 82 | 302 | 384 | #821 |
| 2021 | 81 | 266 | 347 | #869 |
| 2020 | 88 | 271 | 359 | #842 |
| 2019 | 118 | 319 | 437 | #749 |
| 2018 | 161 | 270 | 431 | #827 |
| 2017 | 138 | 286 | 424 | #799 |
| 2016 | 123 | 304 | 427 | #782 |
| 2015 | 120 | 305 | 425 | #776 |
| 2014 | 138 | 327 | 465 | #732 |
| 2013 | 160 | 348 | 508 | #688 |
| 2012 | 140 | 317 | 457 | #733 |
| 2011 | 139 | 311 | 450 | #730 |
| 2010 | 138 | 364 | 502 | #661 |
| 2009 | 147 | 342 | 489 | #703 |
| 2008 | 147 | 392 | 539 | #630 |
| 2007 | 188 | 365 | 553 | #656 |
| 2006 | 167 | 376 | 543 | #627 |
| 2005 | 159 | 377 | 536 | #600 |
| 2004 | 201 | 359 | 560 | #599 |
| 2003 | 169 | 337 | 506 | #616 |
| 2002 | 166 | 336 | 502 | #602 |
| 2001 | 174 | 300 | 474 | #631 |
| 2000 | 190 | 277 | 467 | #653 |
| 1999 | 189 | 284 | 473 | #632 |
| 1998 | 219 | 254 | 473 | #670 |
| 1997 | 199 | 234 | 433 | #688 |
| 1996 | 224 | 230 | 454 | #698 |
| 1995 | 221 | 204 | 425 | #751 |
| 1994 | 247 | 178 | 425 | #793 |
| 1993 | 260 | 142 | 402 | #902 |
| 1992 | 296 | 137 | 433 | #902 |
| 1991 | 297 | 139 | 436 | #895 |
| 1990 | 348 | 118 | 466 | #960 |
| 1989 | 358 | 103 | 461 | #1,009 |
| 1988 | 402 | 90 | 492 | #1,042 |
| 1987 | 450 | 88 | 538 | #1,009 |
| 1986 | 428 | 80 | 508 | #1,041 |
| 1985 | 481 | 101 | 582 | #902 |
| 1984 | 468 | 115 | 583 | #815 |
| 1983 | 525 | 94 | 619 | #908 |
| 1982 | 540 | 108 | 648 | #854 |
| 1981 | 565 | 103 | 668 | #877 |
| 1980 | 624 | 112 | 736 | #832 |
| 1979 | 546 | 93 | 639 | #907 |
| 1978 | 444 | 87 | 531 | #927 |
| 1977 | 421 | 82 | 503 | #938 |
| 1976 | 300 | 64 | 364 | #1,042 |
| 1975 | 230 | 69 | 299 | #984 |
| 1974 | 184 | 48 | 232 | #1,200 |
| 1973 | 158 | 37 | 195 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 181 | 45 | 226 | #1,232 |
| 1971 | 151 | 37 | 188 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 127 | 39 | 166 | #1,338 |
| 1969 | 95 | 25 | 120 | #1,646 |
| 1968 | 70 | 22 | 92 | #1,696 |
| 1967 | 76 | 14 | 90 | #2,144 |
| 1966 | 54 | 24 | 78 | #1,581 |
| 1965 | 72 | 30 | 102 | #1,406 |
| 1964 | 57 | 31 | 88 | #1,409 |
| 1963 | 54 | 30 | 84 | #1,428 |
| 1962 | 40 | 34 | 74 | #1,342 |
| 1961 | 33 | 23 | 56 | #1,688 |
| 1960 | 49 | 29 | 78 | #1,490 |
| 1959 | 25 | 34 | 59 | #1,337 |
| 1958 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #1,375 |
| 1957 | 14 | 36 | 50 | #1,301 |
| 1956 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,287 |
| 1955 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,114 |
| 1954 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #1,123 |
| 1953 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #1,171 |
| 1952 | 5 | 41 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #1,071 |
| 1950 | — | 49 | 49 | #989 |
| 1949 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #959 |
| 1948 | 9 | 43 | 52 | #1,081 |
| 1947 | 7 | 46 | 53 | #1,065 |
| 1946 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1945 | — | 46 | 46 | #956 |
| 1944 | — | 45 | 45 | #964 |
| 1943 | — | 48 | 48 | #969 |
| 1942 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | — | 47 | 47 | #928 |
| 1940 | 6 | 56 | 62 | #841 |
| 1939 | — | 47 | 47 | #906 |
| 1938 | — | 41 | 41 | #995 |
| 1937 | — | 48 | 48 | #897 |
| 1936 | — | 48 | 48 | #886 |
| 1935 | — | 53 | 53 | #859 |
| 1934 | — | 60 | 60 | #800 |
| 1933 | — | 45 | 45 | #939 |
| 1932 | — | 62 | 62 | #812 |
| 1931 | — | 63 | 63 | #788 |
| 1930 | — | 71 | 71 | #757 |
| 1929 | — | 60 | 60 | #847 |
| 1928 | — | 67 | 67 | #797 |
| 1927 | — | 80 | 80 | #727 |
| 1926 | — | 72 | 72 | #759 |
| 1925 | — | 74 | 74 | #767 |
| 1924 | — | 72 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | — | 89 | 89 | #683 |
| 1922 | — | 96 | 96 | #653 |
| 1921 | — | 99 | 99 | #647 |
| 1920 | — | 71 | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | — | 79 | 79 | #705 |
| 1918 | — | 69 | 69 | #784 |
| 1917 | — | 79 | 79 | #674 |
| 1916 | — | 81 | 81 | #650 |
| 1915 | — | 58 | 58 | #793 |
| 1914 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #820 |
| 1913 | — | 45 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | — | 44 | 44 | #624 |
| 1911 | — | 27 | 27 | #588 |
| 1910 | — | 25 | 25 | #572 |
| 1909 | — | 24 | 24 | #535 |
| 1908 | — | 11 | 11 | #835 |
| 1907 | — | 21 | 21 | #514 |
| 1906 | — | 15 | 15 | #620 |
| 1905 | — | 16 | 16 | #594 |
| 1904 | — | 25 | 25 | #419 |
| 1903 | — | 25 | 25 | #395 |
| 1902 | — | 23 | 23 | #428 |
| 1901 | — | 19 | 19 | #436 |
| 1900 | — | 37 | 37 | #358 |
| 1899 | — | 26 | 26 | #355 |
| 1898 | — | 32 | 32 | #340 |
| 1897 | — | 18 | 18 | #462 |
| 1896 | — | 23 | 23 | #408 |
| 1895 | — | 33 | 33 | #322 |
| 1894 | — | 27 | 27 | #351 |
| 1893 | — | 17 | 17 | #449 |
| 1892 | — | 28 | 28 | #359 |
| 1891 | — | 28 | 28 | #321 |
| 1890 | — | 24 | 24 | #361 |
| 1889 | — | 29 | 29 | #325 |
| 1888 | — | 37 | 37 | #293 |
| 1887 | — | 20 | 20 | #368 |
| 1886 | — | 35 | 35 | #291 |
| 1885 | — | 38 | 38 | #273 |
| 1884 | — | 39 | 39 | #276 |
| 1883 | — | 42 | 42 | #257 |
| 1882 | — | 35 | 35 | #290 |
| 1881 | — | 29 | 29 | #300 |
| 1880 | — | 32 | 32 | #293 |