Alisha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alisha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alisha: Recorded since 1983, it reached #57 in 2005, and it stood at #381 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#57highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#128
1997	#71
1998	#74
1999	#72
2000	#84
2001	#75
2002	#64
2003	#66
2004	#62
2005	#57
2006	#57
2007	#72
2008	#75
2009	#96
2010	#114
2011	#115
2012	#129
2013	#165
2014	#162
2015	#199
2016	#185
2017	#217
2018	#274
2019	#256
2020	#267
2021	#331
2022	#326
2023	#358
2024	#395

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2024: #395 among girls in England and Wales, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #412 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #57 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alisha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 1,034 births with the name.

Alisha across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alisha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#529 (1983)	#81 (2008)	#381 (2025)	39 of 43	1,034 (1983–2025)	86 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#128 (1996)	#57 (2005)	#395 (2024)	29 of 29	14,853 (1996–2024)	986 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#147 (1997)	#70 (2006)	#407 (2024)	23 of 28	308 (1997–2024)	31 (2006)

Alisha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alisha in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	13	3 of 10	4
1990s	108	10 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	518	10 of 10	52
2010s	322	10 of 10	32
2020s	73	6 of 10	12

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 52 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 35, from 86 to 51.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Alisha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in England and Wales in 2006.

Alisha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#395	109	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#358	118	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#326	133	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#331	143	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#267	178	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#256	188	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#274	175	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#217	240	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#185	294	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#199	272	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#162	344	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#165	316	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#129	434	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#115	510	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#114	504	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#96	611	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#75	880	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#72	883	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#57	986	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#57	957	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#62	916	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#66	810	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#64	818	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#75	711	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#84	642	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#72	762	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#74	740	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#71	816	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#128	363	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#163	12	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#153	14	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#116	20	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#106	23	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#84	24	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#70	31	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#99	20	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#108	17	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#156	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#142	13	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#127	16	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#125	16	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#174	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	16	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	22	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	27	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	48	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	31	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	45	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	43	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	49	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	51	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	86	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	66	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	73	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	63	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	45	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	40	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	45	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	28	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	21	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	19	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	27	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	20	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1983 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #57, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 986 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alise · #213, 53y
Alishba · #300, 28y
Alishia · #587, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tiffany · #57, 43y
Cassie · #55, 36y
Ashlee · #53, 36y
Tiarnan · #62, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Tiffany · #57, 43y
Aoibhinn · #56, 43y
Frøya · #56, 34y
Madelen · #58, 42y

Alisha was ranked #57 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alisha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alisha without appearing here.

Alisha moved ahead of

Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #529 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #93 and #842.
Amanda Compare
In 2021 they stood at #363 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #357 and #747.
Teresa Compare
In 2018 they stood at #361 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #221 and #551.
Sinead Compare
In 2017 they stood at #189 and #178 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #361 and #629.

Moved ahead of Alisha

Isabelle Compare
In 2014 they stood at #156 and #247 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #269 and #166.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #162 and #170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #199 and #100.
Maia Compare
In 2017 they stood at #217 and #224 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #274 and #176.
Emilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #163 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #178.

Moved the opposite way to Alisha

Barbara Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alisha went from #529 to #247 while Barbara went from #117 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alisha went from #529 to #247 while Diane went from #126 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alisha went from #529 to #247 while Ingrid went from #347 to #856.
Kelly Compare
Between 1983 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alisha went from #529 to #247 while Kelly went from #109 to #404.

Moved the same way as Alisha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alisha went from #128 to #395 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alisha went from #128 to #395 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alisha went from #128 to #395 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alisha went from #128 to #395 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alisha

Alisha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alisha across 3 official records

Alisha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alisha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Alisha and the names beside it

Alisha moved ahead of

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Alisha at a glance

Alisha across 3 official records

Alisha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alisha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Alisha

Alisha and the names beside it

Alisha moved ahead of

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