Given name · also Germanic
Alisha
Alisha is a feminine given name from Germanic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Alisha comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,127
- 131 boys · 56,996 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 2,457 babies
- 2025
- 183
- #1,229 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 183 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,229 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,437 in 1989. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (40). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 49,566 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alisha’s family of names
In English usage, Alisha has a related form in Alicia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alisha
- Alisha LehmannSwiss association football playerborn 1999
- Alisha BoeNorwegian actress (born 1997)
- Alisha ChinaiIndian singerborn 1965
- Alisha GlassAmerican volleyball playerborn 1988
- Alisha NewtonCanadian actressborn 2001
- Alisha WeirIrish actress and singerborn 2009
- AlishaAmerican singerborn 1968
- Alisha WainwrightAmerican actressborn 1989
- Alisha AbdullahIndian racing driverborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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