—2024 rank
1989peak year
56,542babies named Alisha since 1880
▼ 7%5-year trend
Alisha popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Alisha mean?
A modern variant of Alicia, from Adalheidis, the Germanic root of Adelaide, meaning 'of noble kind'. Peaked in late twentieth-century America.
OriginGermanic
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, vintage
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Spellings & variants
AliciaAleeshaAlisa
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