Mostly girls · peaked in 1980
Elisha name popularity since 1925
28,245 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elisha (50.8% girls, 49.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1995 or earlier, so the typical Elisha is about 31 years old in 2026. Elisha peaked in 1980 as the #373 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,245
- Named Elisha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,867 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 50.8% girls
- 14,361 girls · 13,884 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 1.94× its national share
Peak year is the year Elisha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elisha births per year, 1925–2025
1980 was the biggest year for Elisha both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1974 and 1979, Elisha became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 7,980 baby girls to 1 in 2,940.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, its share of baby girls fell by 38%, from 1 in 3,860 to 1 in 6,230.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Elisha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elisha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elisha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 353 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 538 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 31 | 472 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 82 | 401 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 600 | 262 | #1,265 |
| 1970s | 2,742 | 601 | #662 |
| 1980s | 4,841 | 994 | #452 |
| 1990s | 2,500 | 1,920 | #870 |
| 2000s | 1,708 | 3,461 | #1,362 |
| 2010s | 1,375 | 3,151 | #1,745 |
| 2020–25 | 482 | 1,731 | #2,867 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
28.8% of babies named Elisha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Elisha is most popular
The index compares Elisha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Elisha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.94× | 1,483 |
| Georgia | 1.77× | 1,034 |
| Tennessee | 1.65× | 735 |
| North Carolina | 1.41× | 847 |
| Kentucky | 1.33× | 472 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elisha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elisha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elisha (1980).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data