Alishba

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alishba: Recorded since 1996, it reached #300 in 2005, and it stood at #1,198 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#300highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#1372
2003	#561
2004	#389
2005	#300
2006	#362
2007	#373
2008	#373
2009	#403
2010	#425
2011	#430
2012	#475
2013	#626
2014	#750
2015	#1007
2016	#897
2017	#1082
2018	#1586
2019	#1497
2020	#1556
2021	#1785
2022	#1501
2023	#2201
2024	#1198

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #403 among girls in England and Wales, #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #300 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alishba by decade in England and Wales · 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 Alishba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	773	10 of 10	77
2010s	558	10 of 10	56
2020s	95	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 77 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 44, from 54 to 98.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alishba 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #300 in England and Wales in 2005.

Alishba'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	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1082	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#897	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#626	65	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#475	94	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#430	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#425	100	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#403	105	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#373	119	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#373	112	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#362	117	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#300	140	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#389	98	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#561	54	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #300, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 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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Alisha · #57, 39y
Alishia · #587, 18y
Alisia · #663, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Lavina · #300, 24y
Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y
Olamide · #299, 29y
Atticus · #298, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caoilainn · #300, 21y
Maximillian · #300, 30y
Bradlee · #299, 20y
Chloe-Louise · #301, 24y

Alishba was ranked #300 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.

Alishba 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 Alishba without appearing here.

Alishba moved ahead of

Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1198 and #4843.
Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #4137.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #4137.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1198 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Alishba

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2016 they stood at #897 and #955 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1082 and #740.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #430 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #475 and #284.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1082 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Alishba

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Alishba

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alishba went from #3126 to #1198 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #300 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alishba

Alishba at a glance

What the data shows

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Alishba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alishba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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