Elisha

maleStatistical record

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

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

Elisha: Recorded since 1977, it reached #132 in 2000, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
120times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#132highest recorded position
20groupings 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	#184
1997	#149
1998	#135
1999	#141
2000	#132
2001	#162
2002	#183
2003	#183
2004	#194
2005	#196
2006	#197
2007	#246
2008	#286
2009	#298
2010	#353
2011	#395
2012	#454
2013	#505
2014	#613
2015	#656
2016	#703
2017	#616
2018	#778
2019	#806
2020	#1352
2021	#1569
2022	#1416
2023	#1371
2024	#1603

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 44 of the 47 years from 1977 to 2023.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1371 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — 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: #132 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elisha appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 395 births with the name.

Elisha across 4 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.

Elisha'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	#518 (1977)	#173 (2005)	#856 (2023)	44 of 47	395 (1977–2023)	27 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#882 (2013)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	527 (1996–2024)	33 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#184 (1996)	#132 (2000)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	4,505 (1996–2024)	351 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#155 (2004)	#358 (2015)	17 of 19	95 (1997–2015)	11 (2004)

Elisha 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 Elisha in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980s	56	9 of 10	6
1990s	70	10 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	166	10 of 10	17
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Elisha 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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #132 in England and Wales in 2000.

Elisha'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#806	46	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#778	49	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#616	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#703	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#656	62	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#613	66	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#505	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#454	99	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#395	117	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#958	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#353	129	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#298	158	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#286	167	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#246	202	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#197	251	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#196	251	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#194	245	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#183	261	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#183	236	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#162	276	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#132	351	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#141	333	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#135	337	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#149	314	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#184	240	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#258	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	27	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	18	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	26	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	17	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	16	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1977 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #132, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 351 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Nial · #129, 47y
Przemyslaw · #129, 42y
Johnathan · #139, 49y
Nichola · #140, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jeppe · #134, 43y
Nicklas · #136, 40y
Arron · #138, 44y
Justyna · #126, 40y

Elisha was ranked #132 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. 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.

Elisha 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 Elisha without appearing here.

Elisha moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1272 and #3523.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1416 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #2689.

Moved ahead of Elisha

Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1345 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #924.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #967.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #806 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Elisha

Aimee Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 while Aimee went from #429 to #226.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 while Alexandra went from #283 to #148.
Alice Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 while Alice went from #141 to #38.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 while Caoimhe went from #215 to #26.

Moved the same way as Elisha

Alma Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 and Alma from #240 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 and Audrey from #64 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 and Diane from #130 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1977 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elisha went from #518 to #856 and Eileen from #63 to #445.

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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #132 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elisha

Elisha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elisha across 4 official records

Elisha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elisha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Elisha

Elisha and the names beside it

Elisha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elisha

Moved the opposite way to Elisha

Moved the same way as Elisha

Elisha at a glance

Elisha across 4 official records

Elisha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elisha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Elisha

Elisha and the names beside it

Elisha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elisha

Moved the opposite way to Elisha

Moved the same way as Elisha