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How popular is the name Alisha?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alishas are alive today.
Alisha (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 376th in 2025 with 113 given the name. The name peaked in 2006, when 986 babies were given the name, the 57th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 11% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 14,000 babies have been named Alisha in England and Wales since 1996.
The Alisha you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Alishas born in England and Wales are between 17 and 28, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Alisha.
How many babies are named Alisha each year?
Where does Alisha rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Alisha most popular?
Alisha peaked in 2006, when 986 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alisha?
At least 17,000 people named Alisha born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alisha?
Most living Alishas are between 17 and 28; the most common age is about 21.
Is Alisha becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.